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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Douking,) Dowk(e)ing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. ducking (1581).] Ducking (as a punishment). —1562 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 8.
For the nixt fault, carting, dowking in the water
1562 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 135.
To … consider ane place maist apt and abill thairto in the North Loch for dowkeing of the saidis fornicatouris thairin

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