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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Counter-claith, -cloath, n. Also: -clayth. [e.m.E. cownter clothe (1541). Cf. countour- and compter-claith.] A cloth for a counter or table.1583 Edinb. Test. XIII. 76.
Ane counterclaith grundit & vnfillit vp
1605 Black Bk. Taymouth 344.
A grene counter clayth for the hall buird
1640 Ib. 350.
Of linnen cupboordcloathes … of greine chalmer countercloathes
1649 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 780.
Ten counter cloathes, pryce of ilk ane tuentie merkis

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