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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.

Nop-bed(d, n. [Cf. also Nap-bed.] A flock mattress. = Nopsek n.1477 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 408.
Ane pair of schetis, ane nop bed, a bowster 1482 Acta Aud. 109/1.
Twa nop beddis 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 295. 1502 Acta Conc. MS. XII. 141 b. 1516 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 36.
Nop [pr. nox] bed 1517 Grant Chart. 63. 1518 Moncreiffs 569. 1541 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 175.
Ane standand bed, ane nop bed

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