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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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Gadgemaister, n. [Gage n.2] A gauger. —1667 Edinb. Test. LXXIII. 78 b.
The workmans waidges quho caryed the said herring from the schipe to the sellars, and to the gadgemaister, ȝaird maill [etc.]

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