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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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Schroud, n.2 (Late ME and e.m.E. shrowde coll. sing. = loppings of a tree, branches or twigs cut off (OED, 1475–6), also in the later dials. of southern and south-western England = wood cut off from growing trees (EDD). See also S(c)hrouding vbl. n.) —1576 (1581) Reg. Great S. 101/1.
Sustentando dictum molendinum in omnibus necessariis, preter in new schrouddis to be mylne aves

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