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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.

Duble, Dubill, adv. = Double adv. —1456 Hay II. 44/33.
He suld … defend bathe temporalitee and spiritualitee with the duble scherand suerd 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 206.
For the goblat dubill ourgilt bocht fra him 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 19.
The Erle Mortone alane exceadit that number duble

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