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Kebbok, n. Also: kebboc(k, kebuck, keabbock. [Var. of Cabok n.] 1. A cheese, a whole cheese. Commonly a kebbok of cheis. 1542 Acts & Decr. I. 141.
Ane kebboc of cheis of xxij li. weycht price xiiij s. 1582 Edinburgh Testaments XI. 311.
xxx kebbokkis of cheis weyand vij stane half stane wecht 1628 Stirling Ant. iv. 188.
The said Stein Maltman … tuik ane kebbock of cheise and cutted ane peace 1676 Grant Chart. 357.
He … tyed vp thrie bannockes and tuo half keabbockes of cheise a1706 Blythsome Wedding in Watson's Coll. I. 10.
There will be good lapper'd-milk kebucks, And sowens, and farles, and baps
2. A cake (of tallow). 1593 Edinburgh Testaments XXV. 24 Ib.
Ane kebbok of talloun weyand ane stane & ane half price of the stane xxx s.
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