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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1675
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Green Table, n. [Grene a. 2.] One of the four boards of delegates from the Covenanters, who ruled Scotland in the period 1638–41. —c1650 Spalding I. 119.
He took also with him to the Grein Table, the marquess' boy … with ane other called Gordon … for alleadged saying they would shoot Felt Leslie ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. 22.
It was they who … wer knowne under the name of the Tables, or mor commonly the Greene Tables
