A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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( Rauky,) Rawky, adj. [ Rauk adj.] Raucous. = Rauk adj. —16.. Wode's Psalter (Treble) 176.
He had ane singular gud eir … bot his voyce wes rawky and harske