A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Goad-loup, var. of Gadloup n. —1684 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV. p. xxv.
[Footmen hired to make false muster are] to run the goad-loup before you come off the feild or place of muster 1721 Wodrow Hist. I. App. 102.
They threatned … that whosoever gave me a drink of water should get the goad-loup
