A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1557, 1633
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Scoller, n. ? Also: skeular. [Scoll v.] A carouser. —1557 Inverness Rec. I 14.
Johne Skynner … rabuttit tham, [sc. the testers of ale] tha dowane thair ofice, calland tham commone skeularis, glutton carlis [etc.]1633 Boyd Balm of Gilead in Boyd Last B. xlvii.
A scoller, whose schoole is the tavorne, is not a scholer of Christ that sayes, learne of mee 1633 Ib. (see Scoll v.).
