A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Picall, a. [e.m.E. pica a size of type (1588), med. L. (Latham) pica, L. pīca magpie, whence also 17th c. Eng. pical depraved (1660).] Of ‘pica’ size. —1606 Misc. Bann. C. II. 224.
Psalmes in octauo picall letter
