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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1675-1685

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(Pokkit,) Pocket, -ed, adj. [Pok n.] Infected with pocks. a. Of a sheep: see Pok n. 3 (and Poke n. 4). b. = Pok(k)ische adj.1675 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 414.
All [sheep] except the forsaid pocket hoge
1685 Hector Renfrewshire Rec. II 140.
Calling of me … ane pocked Glasgow whoor & rounden notorious thief

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