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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1632-1652

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(Leper-,) Leiper-hous, n. [Leper n.2 2 b. Cf. Lipperhous.] A leper-house. —1632 Justiciary Cases I. 202.
The slauchter of the said umquhile Harie Hammiltoun … committit … betuixt Leith and Edinburgh in the hie way neir to the leiper hous 1651–2 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII. 429.
For 4000 sklaitts bringing fra the leiper hous to the Societie

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