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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rachan. ? Erron. for Lauchtane adj. dull coloured, dingy. Cf. Gael. rachdan tartan plaid worn in the form of a cloak. —1662 Witch Trials in Kinross in Soc. Ant. XXII 220.
Ye saw there … Margaret Duncan with a rachan grey plaid about her

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