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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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Hooff, n. No doubt a var. of Houf(f n.1, Holf n., in the sense 'yard, enclosure for storage (of timber, also of coal etc.)'. Cf. Hooft n..1680 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 415.
The dyks of the said hooff [supra the timber hooff at Leith, infra the houfe] being building1683 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 337.
To build ane hooff of stane wark for laying in and keeping of coalls

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