A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dowle, variant of Double a. —1566 Reg. Great S. (1584) 235/2.
Harrowing with dowle hors ix daywerkis 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 32.
A man subtile, dowle, and wholie bent to the queinis factione 1615 Sutherland Corr. 121.
Send me ane pair of the fynest dowle virginallis ye can get 1629 Dumfries Test. I a. 214 b.
Ane gray Londoune claith cloak lynd throw with velvett, with twa dowle gang of gold laice thairvpon
