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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.

Inlandis man, n. a. = Inland-man. b. One from this town, not a stranger or outsider. —a. 1573 Sat. P. xlii. 173.
That as weill thay of Mynnie Gof … May haue the comfort of the word … As hes the burghis and inlandis men1584-5 Laing MSS. I. 41.
In the said McOneillis company there was na inlandismanb. 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 33.
Giff any person hes draiff and sellis it nocht for ane plack the pect to inlandis men

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