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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.

Codber(e, -beare, n. [Cod n.2, Bere n.6] A pillowcase.1474 Treas. Acc. I. 21.
vj elne of smale brade clath for coweringis of the Kingis codberis 1502 Ib. II. 38.
Holland claith to be hedschetis … and four codberis 1516 State P. (Reg. H.) No. 22.
Four codberis 1649 Edinb. Test. LXIV. 235.
Ten boord cloathes, … ten codbeares, … xxxvj pair of scheits

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