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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: 1651

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Quest, Quist, n.2 Var. of Kist n. Only in comb. ledger-quest, a chest for ledgers and other records. —1651 Linlithgow B. Rec. in Mylne Master Masons 240.
Having … ressaved access to separat our wreittis from the wreittis of Dundie … thay put thame in the two ledger questis 1651 Ib.
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