A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cast, n.2 [ON. kast-, kǫstr pile, heap.] A pile (of wood). —a1400 Leg. S. xlix. 75.
Of wod … Tha mad a caf [sic], … & bad hir clyme apone that cast