A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outnall, attrib. [e.m.E. (1662) and obs. mod. Eng., ? some place-name in France or the Low Countries, perh. Oudenarde (Bense).] Outnall threid, a kind of linen thread. —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 331.
Outnall threid the dozen pound
