A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hummock, n. Closing the hand so that the points of the fingers and thumb are brought together. —1638 J. Row Sermon 3.
Na, the Kirk of Scotland is sae wounded in her hands, that … she could not make her hummock in a cald day
