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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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Pet, n. (? Put for, or ? erron. for, Pellet n.1 the raw skin of a sheep. Cf. also Pett n.3 Also in the later dial. of Roxb.) —1522–3 Old Dundee II. 337.
James Fothringam grants to give James Cunningam the lot of the auld pets that is in his hand

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