A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chanteclere, -cleir, Chanticlere, n. [ME. chauntecler (a 1300), chaunticlere, etc., OF. chantecler.] A cock. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 410 (B).
A cas I fand … Betuix a fox and gentill chanteclere [Ch., H. -cleir] Ib. 426, etc. c1515 Asl. MS. I. p. xiv.
Of chanticlere and the fox
