A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1566
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Dicton, n. [F. dicton. Cf. Diton.] A saying. —1558-66 Knox II. 311.
So fayne would the Comptrollare have played the goode vallett … that he gatt this dicton and proverbe [etc.]
