A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Paddok-,) Paddock-pipe, n. Also: Paddo-. [Also in the mod. Sc. and north. Eng. dial.] The marsh horse-tail, the plant. —a1646 Wedderburn Voc. 18.
Aequisetum, a paddock pipe
