A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cros-merk, n. [Cros n.] The mark of a cross. —1609 Peebles B. Rec. 359.
That nane haif merkis one the rumpillis of bestiallis bot onlie ane cros merk on the spald