A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Columby, -bie, n. [Cf. Columbie a.] The columbine. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 1700.
Quhen columbie vp keikis throw the clay 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 118.
Flour dammes, and columby blank and blew
