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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1578-1604

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Chat(t)on, -oun, n. [F. chaton.] The collet of a ring.1578 Inv. Wardrobe 265.
A chaton without a stane 1578 Ib. 267. 1594 Criminal Trials I. 344.
Threttene small diamontis with chattonis of gold 1599 Reg. Privy C. V. 543.
Ane grit diamont sett in ane chattoun of gold 1604 Craig i. 19.
Our garland lacks the rose, our chatton tin[e]s the stone

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