A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1533, 1600-1626, 1700+
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Ham, Hamb, n.2 [e.m.E. ham(me, OE. ham(m.] A ham. — 1499 Exchequer Rolls XI. 235.
Pro octo lez hammis porcorum 1533 Household Bks. Jas. V 232.
ij hammis xij s. c 1600 Black Bk. Taymouth 152.
Beafe with greit hammis 1626 Ib. 318.
Off reistit hambis 1714 Household Bk. G. Baillie 91.
To the English butcher for making a sow in hambis
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