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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Otter-skin(e, n. Also: ottir-, otyr- and -skyn. [e.m.E. otterskyn (1545), -skin.] The skin or pelt of an otter. —c1420 Bute MS. 170.
Of ilk otyr skyn j obl. 1424 Acts II. 6/1.
Of ilke x of otter skynnis and tode skynnis vj d. 1451 Reg. Great S. 114/1. 1452 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I. 4. 1551 Elgin Rec. I. 110.
vii s. for ane ottir skyn 1620 Orkney & Shetl. Test. 52.
In his buthe … ane litle otter skine
