A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Handfull, n. [ME. and OE. handfull.] —c1460 Wisd. Sol. 550.
Better is ane handfull with … pes, na baith the handis full with … dyses 1529 Descr. Orchad. 31.
Of ane hand full thay make foure casts 1611 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 80.
Ane pek of malt of ilk nyne laid and sum gowppings and handfullis1657 Boyd Fam. P. No. 235.
Hendrie Stewart. .delyvered to the said Thomas Boyid ... [various cattle] togither with ane handfull of ilk stak1668 Glasg. Chart. II. 140.
Be deliverance of earth and stone ... and ane handfull of corn and grass of the samen as use is
