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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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Drow, n.2 [Of obscure origin.] A squall. —1600-1610 Melvill Diary 169.
About ane efter noone comes … a grait mist, with a tempestous schowre and drow Ib.
It pleased God … to drive away the schowre & calm the drow Ib. 252.
We could nocht haiff rowed to land, if anie drow haid rissen

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