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: 1549, 1600
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( Rokkie,) Rockie, -ey, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. rokky (15th c.); Rok n.2] Consisting of or formed of rock, full of rocks, etc. — ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1884) 19.
Ane rockie knobe, namit in Erische Garowhillach-Nanronow c1600 Pont Cunningham 4.
A steipe, round and heigh toped rockey montaine
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