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: 1500-1599
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(Nese-,) Neis-powder, n. (Cf. Du. niespoeder, Germ. nies(e) pulver, and e.m.E. nesing-pouder (1544), neesingpowder, f. nese, neese Nese v., ‘a powder used to cause sneezing, esp. that prepared from hellebore’.) —15.. Lord Fergus' Gaist 30.
Thair man be hung abowt ȝour hais, Pricket in ane woll poik, Off neis powder ane grit loik
