A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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*Fastings Eve, n. = Fastingisevin. —a 1692 in Presb. Eleq. (ed. 2) 35.
Popish festival days as Pasch, Yule, and Fastings Eve, &c., have been kept by many
