A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1504, 1610-1632
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Blud(e)-stane, n. Also: bloode staine. [e.m.E. bloodstone (1551).] A bloodstone.1504 Treasurer's Accounts II. 477.
Ane blud stane and thre unce uthir stuf for the Quene for bleding of the nes 1610 Criminal Trials III. 100.
Four baiser stanes, with certane blude stanes 1632 Montgomery Mem. 291.
A great bloode staine with a face … in it
