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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: 1668

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Pot(t)-aill, n. (Cf. mod. Eng. pot-ale (1812–) ‘the completely fermented wash in distillation’, and Pot(t)in(g)-aill.) —1668 Rothesay B. Rec. 161.
Quhat aill is to be browin heirefter sall be sold for tuentie pennyis the pynt and quhat weik aill beis sold besyde pot aill to be xvi d. the pynt

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