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: 1542, 1603
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(Emerot,) Emmerot, Emorat, n. Also: imorat. [Cf. Amerot.] An emerald. —1542 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 88.
Ane ring sett witht thre emmerottis and ane dyamant within thame1603 Montgomery Mem. 248.
For the making of ane dresing vith imoratis, and perll, and federis; the emoratis my auen


