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: 1680-1681
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Garvie, Garvine, n. [Of obscure origin.] G. fish, a sprat. —1680 Mackenzie Sci. Her. 61.
Three fishes called garvine-fishes 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 16.
When men … at Forth eat garvie fishes
