Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1638-1639
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]
Controllery, later form of Comptrollary. — a1639 Spotsw. Hist. 412.
The whole rents and duties pertaining to the offices of controllery and coollectory a1639 Ib. 454.
The office of controllerie
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Controllery n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/controllery>
