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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.

Hollit, Holled, ppl. a. [Holl v. 2.] a. Pierced with holes. b. Hollowed.1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xlix.
Ane tre … worme-etin and hollit
1550 Melrose Reg. Rec. III. 340.
Beginning at the Moss burne … ascending … to the hollit carne
1578 Inv. Q. Mary p. xxiv.
Ane pleit hollit as gif it were wandis
1631 Edinb. Test. LV. 63 b.
Ane gray auld furrit gowne lynned with scheip skynes all holled
1640 Elgin Rec. I. 206.
The skynneris old pinsell sumquhat hollit
1661 Buccleuch Mun. II. 314.
Ane stand of pewther stoupes, … all broken and holled

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