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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: 1592-1667

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Ches-, Cheis-brod, n. Also: chasebrod, ches, chas broad. [Late ME. chesse borde (Caxton).] A chess-board. —1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV. 213 b.
I leif … to the lard of Badinhaycht my cheis brod with men
1634 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II. 423.
Ane chasebrod overgilt
1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX. 271.
Ane ches brod
1650 Ib. LXV. 92 b.
Ane chesbroad and the men
1667 Ib. LXXIII. 45.
Ane chas broad with the men thairof

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