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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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Park(e)s, Parques, n.pl. = L. Parcae, the Fates. —c1590 J. Stewart 191/4.
Quhan that the parks hes spone thair fatall end c1590 Fowler I. 28/48.
Whome crwell weird or fatall parks bereaued of his breath Ib. 271/11.
Parkes 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 123/79.
The parques

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