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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: 1700+
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Chess window, n. [e.m.E. chasses, chassis (pl.), F. châssis or châsse. In later Sc. as chess, a window frame.] A framed window. — 1702 Foulis Acc. Bk. 312.
For hewing the chacks of the 2 chess windowes at Woodhall
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"Chess Window n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/chess_window>
