A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Musk, n.3 (Appar. nonce, f. L. musc-us moss.) —1579, 1617 Despauter (1579) 88.
Muscus … , musk of wallis or treis