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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: 1500-1543, 1610

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Corf, Corffe, n. [MDu. corf, Du. and LG. korf.] A basket; a piece of basket-work in metal. Also attrib. with ressing (raisin).1500 Halyb. 253.
A corf of apyll orangis
1542 Inv. Wardrobe 62.
Twa round tablettis of gold within ane corf of silver wyre
1543 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVIII. (J).
Ane corf full of apillis, contenand viijxx & tene apillis
1610 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI. 125.
Fyve peice of corffe ressingis at xij li. the corffe

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