A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bow-cow, -kow, n. [Bow n.2] A cow belonging to a farmstock. —1471 Exch. R. VIII. 42.
j bowcow, j fog, j fule mart 1481 Ib. IX. 134.
xviij bowkye, xxxix marte
