A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Curtill, a. [e.m.E. curtaile (1597), also curtall n. (1611).] Sluttish, drab-like. —1540 Lynd. Sat. 4145.
Ane curtill [B. culroun] queine, ane laidlie lurdane
