A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Castel-wart, n. [Castell n. 3.] A warder of a castle. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 5783.
The castelwartis on the Marche herde say, How ryddand in thaire land war thai
