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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: 1599-1646

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Kaming-claith, Kaiming-cloth(e, n. [Cf. Kemmyng-claith and camyng-claith, Caming vbl. n.] A combing-cloth, a cloth put over the shoulders while the hair is combed. —1599 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 27.
Small holland claith to be his hienes ane kaming claith and colheid claith
1646 Edinburgh Testaments LXII. 141 b.
Twa kaiming clothes estimat baith to ij lib.

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