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Quotation dates: 1662
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Rachan, adj. [? Erroneous for Lauchtane adj. dull coloured, dingy. Cf. Gael. rachdan tartan plaid worn in the form of a cloak.] — 1662 Witch Trials in Kinross in Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII 220.
Ye saw there … Margaret Duncan with a rachan grey plaid about her
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