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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1497, 1575-1633
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Cag, Caig, n. Also: kag, kaig, quag. [Northern ME. kag (1452), cag, ON. kagge, kaggi.] A small cask; a keg.1497 Halyb. 151.
He is awand for vin [= wine]. Item, laid [out] for his kagis, v s. 1575 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 657/2.
For ane hors … to carie … thre greit caigis of aquavitie to Stirveling 1576 Orkney Oppress. 72.
Ane cag with twelff pundis of saip1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI 111.
Ane quag of vinager price ij merkis1585 Inverness B. Rec. I. 304.
Ane cage of wyne 1614 Rec. Earld. Orkney 381.
A kag wyne sek 1633 Orkney Bishopric Court Book 89 b.
Hir hussie haid a litle kaig of aill in hir hous 1633 Ib.
The caig of aill
