A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clod, Cload, n.1 [ME. clod, clodde.] A clod of earth.a1570-86 Dunb. Maitl. F. xcii. 39.
Sic iustice is not worthe ane clod a1570-86 Maitland Ib. cx. 42.
Thai haue na waippynnis worthe for weir, Bot man defend with stanis and cloddis 1582 Inverness B. Rec. I. 292.
Iame Roy, commoun menstrall … playand as wse was, … certan wickit personis … keist stanis and cloddis at him 1604 Elgin Rec. II. 127.
John Fleming [etc.] … delaitit to be nycht walkeris and castaris of cloadis under the nycht
