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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: 1503-1507, 1575

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(Pouder-,) Poudir-, Powder-violet, n. Also: powdir-, poulder- and -wiolet. [F. poudre de violette (violettes) (Littré), OF pourre volete (Tobler-Lomm.).] A powder made from violets, ? as a perfume. Also pouder … of violat, see Pouder n. 2 (6). —1503 Treasurer's Accounts II 238.
For tua baggis of powdir wiolet to the quene
1506 Ib. III 197.
Powder violet
1506–7 Ib. 363.
For … xvj mustes xij baggis powdir violet vj pair gluffis [etc.]
1507 Ib. IV 29.
Poudir violet
1575 Edinburgh Testaments III 319 b.
Ipothecar … In his buith … of poulder violet v vnces price xij s.

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