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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.

Glob, Gloib, n. [e.m.E. globe (1551), F. globe, L. globus.] A globe. Also attrib. with map.1561 Invent. Q. Mary 25.
Off round gloibbis
1586 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 262.
Ane standart to the glob
1590 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 331.
For irne wark to the glob and row at the West Port
1600-1610 Melvill 569.
A gryt glob or bullat
1610 Hist. Kinloss A. p. xi.
Ane greit glob map
1632 Glasgow B. Rec. ii. 10.
For the kok to the Trongait stipill, gloib and four thanes
1692 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 313.
To rectifie the motione of the glob with ane new screw wheell of iron for turneing the said glob about

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