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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.

Fisch-bait, n. Bait for fishing. —1542 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 645.
Piscium escula vulgo lie fische bait infra maris fluxum 1592 Reg. Great S. 723/2.
Cum privilegio lucrandi lie fisch-bait infra fluxum et lie seymark dictis terris … adjacentem 1601 Ib. 404/1.
Lie wrak et wair et lie fische-bait ibidem

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