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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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Pismore, n. [Late ME. pyssmowre (a 1400), north. e.m.E. pismoure (Cath. Angl.), f. piss Pis(c)h n. and Mowr(e n., var. of pismire an ant. Cf. Pismuilln.] An ant. —c1515 Asl. MS. I. 167/2.
Thar is the hillis of gold that pismores kepis

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