A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Father brother, n. Pl. f. brether. [Later var. of Fader brother.] An uncle on the father's side.1567 Digest Justiciary Proc. F. 29.
James Ormestone of that ilk; Robert Ormestoun his father brother 1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 381.
Maister Thomas Gordoun, father brother to my Lord Huntlie 1620 Grant Chart. 320.
To dispone the same to thair … father brether, or mother brether 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 34.
Mr James Reid … hade caused lay his vmquhill father and … his father brother, vnder the said stane
