A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hornys, error for Holmes. —1513 Edinb. Hammermen 81.
For vj eln quhit fusteane hornys to lyn the said vestment