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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1573-1685

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(Male-,) Mail(l)-makar, n. Also: mel(l)- and -maker, -ir. = Mele-maker.(a) 1573 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 3.
That all maill makeris bring thair maill to the mercat
1585 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 110. 1586 St. Andrews Test. II. 66 b.
Mailmaker
1587 Sc. Ant. VII. 40.
Mailmakir
1588 Burntisland B. Ct. 24 June.
Mailmakar
1604 Edinb. Marr. 32. 1625 Acts V. (1870) 183/1.
Maltmen mailmakeris baxteris
1654 Edinb. Test. Index II. 90.
Florence Crawfurd, mailmaker in the Water of Leith
(b) 1626 Brechin Testaments IV. 237.
George Farvedder melmaker
1657 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LXX. 55. 1685 Greyfriars Interments 472.

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