A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mar(r)abas, Marrebas. [16th c. F. (bonnet à la) marrabaise (1539), f. marrabais a pseudo-Christianized (crypto-Jewish or Moslem) Jew or Moor, a Marrano.] Marabas bonet, ‘a flat cap’ (Cotgrave). —1538 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 91.
To ilk ane of the said officeris ane marabas bonet with ane quhyte fedder 1539 Treas. Acc. VII. 148. 1547 Ib. IX. 112.
Ane blak marrebas bonet to my lorde governour
