A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Colé, Collé, n. [ME. colee (15th c.), OF. colee blow (on the neck).] A blow, stroke. —1375 Barb. vii. 623.
Clyffurd and Waus maid a melle Quhar Cliffurd raucht him a cole ?1438 Alex. ii. 4219.
Arreste … syne him hyt With his neif sic ane colle That neir hand dissy deid was he
