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: 1515
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Carlichnes, n. [e.m.E. carlishnes (1552).] Clownishness, rudeness. —c1515 Asloan MS I. 171/18.
The wikit rutis … that welany or carlichnes has wndertakin to ground … in noble hert