A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1563-1611, 1664
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0]
Brew-tak, n. [Tak n.] A tack of brewland.1563 Reg. Great S. V. 352/1.
Dimed[ium] molendini et terrarum molendiniarum cum lie Brew-tak de Arbirlet 1611 Reg. Panmure I. p. xcix.
Ane hows, quhilk ȝit kepis the Englishe nem of Brewtak 1664 Bamff Chart. 303.
The town and lands of Morgunstoun and the brewtack thereof
