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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jibbet, Jibbat, n. Also : jybbit. [e.m.E. jibbet (1588). Cf. Jebet and Gibbet.] A gallows or gibbet. —1578 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 73.
William Robesoun, … to be bound to ane jibbet … for iniuring of the Inglis Ambassadouris wyf 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 283.
Quhen … the hangman wes cumand to the jibbat with the ledder Ib. 293.
Thair wes ane minister hangit … and borne to jybbit, becaus he wes birsit with the buttis

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