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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.

Gadman, n. [Gad n. 2.] One who drives oxen with a goad. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 2228.
Sa happinnit him … to follow furth his feir Unto the pleuch, bot his gadman and he
1515 Treas. Acc. V. 29.
To xij cartaris and xviij cartis … and ix gadmen, … careand the artalȝery … to Striveling
1532 Ib. VI. 157.
To the gadman that callit the oxin
1665 Edinb. Test. LXXII. 24.
George Duncan, gadman

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