A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1500, 1552-1605
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Con, n.1 [Of obscure origin. Also in northern Eng. dial.] A squirrel.1456 Hay II. 157/20.
Sum is hable, lycht, and expert as a con a1500 Henr. Fab. 906.
The mertrik with the cunning and the con c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2656.
Kyttoke thare, as cadye as ane con 1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 25.
As connis by kynde uill skipp from branch to beuch a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 32.
The con, the conny, and the cat, Whose dainty dounes with dew were wat 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. x.
Thair wes the … cunning and the con … Merchen amangs the rest
