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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: 1475, 1560
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Cheval, n. [F. cheval.] A horse. Also attrib. with skin. — 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9541.
The giltin spurs the cheual skin throw glyds c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace (1570) ix. 1917.]
[That saw him baith on cheual and in weid
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