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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1532-1639

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Hedder-, Heddir-stak, n. A stack of heather. —1532 Reg. Privy S. II. 169/1.]
[The landis of Hedderstakkis
1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 327.
All hedder stakis to be transportit at thair awine bounds and brunt
1592 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 57.
To watch … thair baikhousis, staibills, hedderstaks and uther housis subject to fyre
1639 Edinburgh Testaments LIX. 121.
Ane hedder stak estimat to … vj lib.

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