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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1578-1611
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Cloking, Cloiking, n. [f. Cloke n.] Material for cloaks; a piece of this. Also attrib. with clayth.(1) 1578 Edinburgh Testaments VI. 346.
Ane cloking of gray wollin clayth 1591 Ib. XXIII. 298.
Of braid claytht for cloiking callit bure ten elnes 1596 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 31.
xx merkis for iv ellis cloking 1607 Edinburgh Testaments XLIII. 41.
Sevin elnes claytht of maltine cloiking(2) 1580 Edinburgh Testaments IX. 52 b.
iij elnis … of fransche gray cloiking claith 1589 Ib. XXI. 22.
vj elnes of gray cloking claytht of peug 1609 Ib. XLV. 299.
Aucht elnes cloiking claytht 1611 Brechin Testaments II. 173.
Sewin elnis of Ȝorkschir cloking claytht … sewin elnis of Scotis cloking claytht
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