A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Burrow-town, variant of Burrowstoun,n. —a1578 Pitsc. II. 215/31.
Siclyk in all burrow townis of his dominioun he pat men of weir in thame 1652 Lamont Diary 50.
All the burrowe-towns of the shyre of Fyfe
