A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Chainȝie wall. (In a coal-mine.) —1662 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 124.
[He craves a warrant to build up] the chainȝie wall [between their workings]
