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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.

Quotation dates: 1550-1567

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Coller-bane, n. [Coller n. Cf. Collar-bane.] The collar-bone. —c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 159.
Euin in at the collerbane, At the first straik he hes him slane 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 181.
Hely fell downe, … And brak his neck, and coller bane

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