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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Malaga, Mal(la)goe, Mal(l)igo. [e.m.E. maligo (1608), mallego.] Malaga (wine, sack). —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 335.
Malagas 1624 Edinb. Test. LII. 256.
Ane littill barrell malligo wyne 1640 Maxwell Mem. II. 276.
If thare bee good seke, canaree or malgoe cum in 1661 Edinb. Test. LXX. 155.
Maligo seck 1667 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 26. 1672 Leith Customs 1.
12 pipes of mallagoe nett [£1 10s.] 1679 Haddington Mem. I. 230.

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