A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Camphion, n. ? —1560–1 Inverness B. Rec. I. 48.
The princepell droge quhilk suld haue made Thomas hale callit camphion of the cankyr