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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1498, 1602-1627
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Dictay, variant of Dittay n. (indictment). —1498 Reg. Privy S. I. 27/2.
The justice clerkis … to tak dictay thairapon and put in the sammyn in the rollis 1602 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 188.
Sic [witches] as ar dilate, that thair names, with thair dictay, be wreittin in ane roll 1626–7 Misc. Spald. C. V. 102.
To Mr. Androw Clerk, for his paynes in wreitting the dictayes on the witches
