A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Carbunkel, -(i)le, n. [e.m.E. and ME. carbuncle (c 1305): cf. Charbunkil.] A carbuncle. —15.. Clar. v. 2229.
He … Schynit all of stonis and of carbunkellis deire a1568 Scott xiv. 10.
Carbunkile, emerauld, perle, or athamant
