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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scammony, -ie, Scamonia, n. [ME and e.m.E. scamoiene (c1205), scamoine (c1275), skamonye (1436), scamely (c1475), L. scammōnia, scammōnium, f. the Gk.] Scammony, a gum-resin, ‘used in medicine as a strong purgative’ (OED). —1597 Bk. Rates 10.
Scammonie 1598 Edinb. Test. XXXI 350b.
Half ane pund of scamonia at xvj s. the vnce wecht 1633 Anal. Scot. II 122.
Drogues of dangerous quality as antimony, scammony, arsenic

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