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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: 1513
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Port Jaf(fe. (‘A fictitious name given to one of the constellations. Probably so named from Jaffa, anciently Joppa’ (Ruddiman, glossary to Doug. Æn.).) — 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 154.
Prater Johne and Port Jaf [Ruddim. Port Jaffe]
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