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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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S(c)hipwrakit, -wrackt, -wracked, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. shipwrackt (1590); Schip-wrak v.] That has suffered shipwreck; cast on land after shipwreck. —1582 Edinb. Test. X 315.
Towis ankirs & schip wrakit tymmer 1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 45.
Shipwracked men 1684 Cullen Kirk S. 13 April.
Two shipwrackt men

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