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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: 1513, 1661

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Irn-hewit, Iron-hewed, Of an iron colour. —1513 Doug. vi. v. 22.
[Charon] careis … Spretis and figuris in his irn hewit [L. ferruginea] boit
1661 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII. 253.
Ther wer present ther the divell himself in the shape of a black iron hewed man

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