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: 1567-1583
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Geig, n. [Etym. obscure.] a. The vulva. b. A trifling article. —a1568 Bannatyne MS 119 b/79.
Scho pischit fyve quhailis in the Firth, That croppin war in hir geig for girth 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII. 112.
Thair is in ane coffir … foure fair caymes for women with sum vther small geigis that he can not remember at this present
