A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1667
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Racle, v. [? F. racler (13th c. in Larousse).] tr. ? To scrape. —1666-7 Blakhall Narr. 111.
I did bathe it [sc. a snakebite] with warme water, in which I racled a litle earth of malte
