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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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Quotation dates: 1564

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Fale, v. [f. fale Fail n.2] tr. To protect with turf. —1564 Inverness B. Rec. I. 113.
Schir James Duff … is decernit … to mak his kyll sufficient and drye aboue and falit about, quhar trocht nychtbouris stuff suld incor no skayth or danger of weit

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