A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1551-1568
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Pow, n.4[Sc. reduced var. of Pull n.] a. A turn or bout of wrestling, a trial of strength. b. A (single) tuft (of grass) plucked at a single pull, a handful plucked up. — a.a1568 Bannatyne MS77a/39.
Aganis his [death's] dynt thow may nocht stand ane pow [: bow v.]b. 1551 Protocol Book of Sir William Corbet (S.R.S.) 14.
Bot he sould nocht remayn on that grond als fer as thair bondis rekit to taik a pow of gers
