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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: 1478-1528, 1583

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Napsek, n. [Var. of Nopsek.] A flock mattress. —1478 Peebles B. Rec. I. 184. 1482–3 Acts Lords of Council II. cxxiv.
j nap sek, j pair of schetis 1502 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 123.
The tyk of a napsek 1528 Balfour Pract. 234.
Ane napsek 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 76.
Thrie nap sekkis vnfillit

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