A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Orderlyke, a. Arranged or arrayed in order (Order n. 8). —c1590 Fowler I. 98/35.
A cumpanie & rank of men … These all so orderlyke … with famous Fame thame sped