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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: 1665

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Holder, n. [e.m.E. and ME.: cf. Haldar(e n.] One who holds (up, a child, as sponsor at baptism). —1665 Lauder Jrnl. 127.
In baptizing about the bairnes names ther hes bein mistakes both on the ministers hand and the holders up

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