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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.

Quotation dates: 1649

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Horscock, Horse-, n. (See Horscob n. and cf. the later dial. horse-cock (Jam.) and Orkn. and Shetl. horse-gowk, ON. hrossagaukr the snipe.) —1649 Scots Lore I. 275.
For thrie snypes and 8 horscockes 1649 Ib.
For ten horsecocks. ., item for ane vayldgoose. ., item for thrie woodcokes

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