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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.

Durato, -ata, n. [e.m.E. duretto (1619), -etta, It. duretto.] A hard or stout kind of cloth.1618 Edinb. Test. L. 163 b.
Aucht elnis remanes of durato black 1620 Ib. 352.
Certane remanes of novatois, duratois, perpetuanois [etc.] 1635 Haddington Corr. 303.
Ane stand of greene durata courtenes 1638 Rep. Elphinstone Mun. 26.
Ane clok of blak durato all cuttit in bandis

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