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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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Quotation dates: 1599

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Pullown, n. (? Sc. var. of e.m.E. bul(l)ion, bolyon (1463), a knob or boss as an ornament on a book, girdle etc., F. boulon (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. boule a ball, here in the sense (alleged by C. R. Beard for the early 16th c. onwards) ‘large gilded button’: but cf. Pullion-breeches.) —1599 Treasurer's Accounts MS 80b.
London clayth to be him cloik coit and breikis with pullownis

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