A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Humplock, Himplock, n. [? LG. and EFris. humpel, hümpel, hümmel, with -ock dimin. suffix after hillock: in the mod. south-western, southern and north. Irish dialects as humple and humplock.] A small heap or mound. —1660 Rothesay B. Rec. 54.
Quhat. . burgesses that sall nocht gather the said wrack. .sall presently . .putt it without the sea mark efter the gadering and not mak lytle humplocks or hillocks thairof. .quhilk himplocks or hillocks is gaderit in the sea mark salbe declairet commoun to thair nighbouris
