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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1541-1586

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Callicut, Calicut, n. [e.m.E. Callicut (cloth), from Calicut in India.] C. claith = Callico. —1541 (July) Lett. James V to Hen. VIII in Hamilton P. I. 85.
ix pece of callicutt claith pertenyng to ane Williame Blaky in Leith Scottis man 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 147.
Tua ellis ane quarter of calicut claytht

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