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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: 1611-1661

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Padwa, Padaway, Paidaway, Paddoway, -uay. [17–18th c. Eng. Padua say(e (1633, 1676), Paduay serge (1710).] The name of the Italian city, Padua, in attrib. use with serge, also pointis. —1640 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B. 38.
Rid paidaway shairge
1640 Ib. 43.
Blaik padaway schairge
1644 Edinburgh Testaments LXI. 45.
Paddoway
1661 Funeral Acc. i. 3.
Paddouay
1611 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI. 320 b.
Padwa pointis of philosell silk

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