A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clengit, ppl. a. [Clenge v.] Cleansed from infection. —1575 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 35.
Mychaell Chesholme, baillie, to cause … tak all the clengit folkis of the said linkis
