A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hand-speke, v. intr. ? To whisper. —1573 St. A. Kirk S. 386.
In the morning he hard William Burel and the said Margaret Nicol handspeking in thair bed togethir in the chalmer next the hal
