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: 1499-1500
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Joculary, n. [App. altered f. Juglery, Jouglarie, with assimilation to L. joculātor jester (see Joculato(u)r), joculārī to jest, etc.] The performances of a jester or entertainer. —a1500 Bernardus 216.
A mane … quhilk al his fantasy Has geffyne to vice and vesy ioculary [L. ioculatoribus intendens] a1500 Ib. 231.
The instrumentis pertenande ioculary War neuer plesande to God ȝeit sekvrly
