A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grace buke, n. [Grace n. 6.] An elementary school-book, containing the forms of the graces said before and after meat. —1519 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 194.
That na maner of nychtbour … put thair bairnis … bot to the principall grammar scule … , to be techeit in ony science bot allanerlie grace buke, prymar, aud plane donatt
