A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cardstar, n. [Cf. Carding vbl. n.1] A female carder. —1532–3 Acta Conc. MS. II. 135.
Pur cardstaris, spynnaris, and sic uthir miserable persouns that aw nocht to be stentit
