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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: <1375, 1375-1668

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Draw-dyk, n. [Draw v.] A ditch serving to draw off water. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 747.
Some fell in to draw dykis deip
1590 Reg. Great S. 811/2.
Passand downe the said burne and strype … to the said myre and ane draw dyk thairat
1306-1668 Ibid.
Quhilk draw dyke merchis the myre … on the west and the arrabill landis … on the eist

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