A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Kemsyst, (?) —1501 Halyb. 254.
Send to the Dein in Dunkel … a quarter of a stek of kemsyst [sic in MS.] blak, cost 17 li. the stek
