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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1652
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Scatse, n. [17th c. Eng. scatse (1688), MDu. schaetse a crutch, stilt, skate, Du. schaats a skate, ONF escache (13th c. in Godefroy) a stilt.] An ice-skate. —1652 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXXI 9.
Two pair scatses to go upon the yce
