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: 1581-1623
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Mandragore, n. [e.m.E. mandragor (1542). e.m.E., ME., OE. and late L. mandragora, Gk. μανδραγόρας.] The plant mandrake. = Mandrag n. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 131/154.
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