A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Red-col(l, n. Also: reid-. [e.m.E. red-cole (1597), also redco (1548), var. of Rad-coll n.] A horse-radish. —1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cxv (Bot.) (see Rad-coll n.).
Redcoll 1619 Perth Kirk S. MS 13 Sept.
It wes ane peice red coll and that he eitt thairof 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 22 Nov.
For reid coll or pepper wirtell a1646 Wedderburn Voc.
Raphanus rusticanus, red-col
