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

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Potting, vbl. n. [Pot(t v.1] Filling (ground) with pits; digging pits in or at, as boundary-markers. —1592 Mining Rec. 32.
That … my nixt tennentis be nocht seclwdit from pasturage nor thair kattell harmit be potting thairof
1598–9 Glasgow B. Rec. I 191.
For potting and mercheing the commoune loynes

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