A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hangman, n. [ME. hangeman (1393).] A man appointed to hang condemned persons.1491 Treas. Acc. I. 180.
To the hangman to hang a theyf 1549 Compl. 27/12.
Ane boreau or hangman 1592 Sat. P. xxxviii. 62.
Thocht hangmen ouirgang men c1615 Chron. Kings 110.
That the cleathing off the deid belangit to the hangman 1631 Peebles B. Rec. 416.
To hangmane for his waiges 1671 Stirling Common Good MS. 74.
The hangmans hous
