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: 1530-1540
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Flob, n. A soft lump or swelling. —c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 140 b/35.
[The souters are] Fast vnfrely fowll flobbis, And bubillis full lyk
