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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Schip-bote, -boit(t, -bott, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. schyppe bot (Prompt. Parv.); S(c)hip n. and Bote n.2] A boat carried by, or in the service of, a ship. —1506 Treas. Acc. III 196.
Payit for paynting of the tua schip botis 1594 St. A. Test. II 387b.
Ane litill auld schip boit 1598 Household Bks. Jas. VI and Anne II 31 Oct.
Ane schip bott that past to the schip out off Brunteisland to the raid to bring the Rence wyne thairout 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 25.
Ane Inglis schip boitt with twa earis 1613 Soc. Ant. X 222.
To thrie men that calfitt … the schip boit xiij s. iiij d.
