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: 1699-1700
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Coulter, n. [e.m.E. cauter, -ere (1534).] A cautery. (Cf. Coutter.) —1699 Foulis Acc. Bk. 266.
For puting 2 coulters in my shoulder 1700 Ib. 270.
To Davie Fyfe for putting a coulter in my left arme
