A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1536-1543, 1616
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Organ(e)-loft, n. [Loft n. 6.] A loft or gallery to accommodate an organ in a church or other building.1536–7 Ayr B. Acc. 20.
For the making of ane lettroun to the organe loft 1541 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 284.
For … irne werk to ane lycht in the thak of the organe loft 1537–8 Ib. 228. 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 121. 1543 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 190. 1616 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 58.
For 6 gryit aikin treis to be gestis to the o[r]gane loft in the abbay
