A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bowbrede, v. [f. Bowbreid,n.] tr. To remove the ‘bowbreid’ from (a carcass). —1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 26.
It is statute … that na martes be bowbredit nor lattin doun
