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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.

Heichland-, Heigh(e)landman, n. = Heland-man. —1594 Dalyell Poems 16th Cent. II. 348.
Suppose Argyll be muche of might Be force of Heighelandmen ?1549 Monro W. Isles 65.
The Heighlandmen calls him King of the Iles 1615 Highland P. III. 176.
All the broikin heigh land men 1636–7 Misc. Spald. C. V. 151.
Malcome Stalker, a brocken Heichlandman

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