A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Buschel, n. [ME. busshel, etc., OF. buissiel.] A bushel. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 444 (W).
Dame Creces [= Ceres] … First gert corne with mesour met, As boll or furlot, busche[l] or pek c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4188.
At Canna … Thre hepit buschellis wer of ryngis found
