A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lect, aphetic var. of Elect n.1 1 (bishop elect). —1483 Acta Aud. *115/1.
That of baith thair consentis the said evidentis was deliuerit to the lect of Glasgw to be distroit
