A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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How-trie, n. (?) —1648 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 144.
With … ane howtrie upon each couple with angleris upon each low balke Ib. 145.
The … lofting above the howtries
