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Quotation dates: 1611-1700+
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Sand-poke, n. Also: -poik, -pock. [Late north. ME sand-poke (1415–16), sandepoke (1421–2).] A sand-bag. Also attrib. — 1611 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II 319.
To advys vpon the ballesting of fische bottis quhither with sand pokis or with staines 1618 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 88.
For furnesching of sex laid saidellis … ten pair of sand pockis 1652 Peebles B. Rec. II 194.
Sand pockis 1696 Sc. Hist. Rev. XIV 96.
[For Edinburgh Castle] of canvas for sand pocks 1703 Foulis Acc. Bk. 313.
To David to buy seckine for sand pocks —attrib. 1618 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 99.
To the couper for ten girthis to the sand poik mouthes
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