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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1689-1700
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(Schelly-coat,) Shelly-coat, n. Also: shellie-. [Schelly adj.] A coat covered with shells, believed to be the garb of a water-sprite bearing the same name. — 1689 Letter from the West to a Member of the Estates.
The delivering of men over to the meikle devil, and metamorphosing them in loups garrous and shelly coats 1700 Cramond Kirk S. IV 22 March.
Dranke one pint of aill, and … asked at Alexr Millar if he had a shellie coat
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