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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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Pigmean, n. Also: (pigmen). [Cf. late ME. pigmen (c 1400), -man (Caxton), OF. pigmain, -man (Godef.), also e.m.E. pigmean (1555), a pigmy.] A pygmy. = Pigmei n. —c1420 Wynt. i. 642 (W) (see Pigmav(e n.).
? Pigmens c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 14442.
The land of pigmeanis The quhilkis had euer were agane the crannys

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