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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: 1612

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(Hede-,) Heidlak, n. [e.m.E. headlake (a 1618): cf. MDu. hovetlaken, MHG. houbetlachen kerchief, veil and Lake n.3] A kind of linen cloth. —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 320.
Linning cloth called. .hinderlands middlegood and heidlak the hundreth elnis

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