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: 1400-1499, 1632
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(Middil-,) Medilkin, Midlikin, a. [Kin n. 6.] Of middle size or quality. —14.. Acts I. 309/2.
Be the thoume of a medilkinman it [the inch] aw to stand 1632 Inv. Newark 6 a.
Of the best sort of plaiding blankitis; item of midlikin sort
