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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1503, 1568
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Nic(h)olas, -ais, Nycholas. [The name of the saint. (For other collocations with this saint's name, see Sanct n.)] a. St. Nicholas bischop, a boy bishop elected for a festival of choirboys or schoolboys on or following St. Nicholas Day, 6 Dec.: see Mill Mediæv. Plays 17 ff. b. The name of a bell in the parish church (of St. Nicholas), Aberdeen. —a. 1473–4 Treasurer's Accounts I. 68.
That he gafe to ij Sanct Nicholais bischop of the abbay and the towne … , Item to thare ij deblatis 1497 Ib. 370, etc. 1503 Ib. II. 409.b. 1568 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 366.
[To] caus jow the greit bell callit Nicolas
