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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1500, 1566-1634, 1685
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Scullion, -ione, n. Also: sculȝoun, skulȝeoun, skoullyone, skoullon. [e.m.E. scwlione, sculȝon (both 1483), of unknown origin.] a. A servant of the lowest rank; a menial; a scullion. b. A piece of cloth or other material, to be used for washing or scrubbing. Also attrib. —a. 1595 Duncan App. Etym. (see Scudlar n. 1).
Scullion a1634 Read Buch. 263.
An number of rascalls and scullions following the campe —b. 1566 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 102.
The bak hous … Thre burdis ane skoullyone ane peile ane tub 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 365.
Ane iron coall raik, ane scullione, a backet —attrib. c1500 Rowll Cursing 123 (M).
[They] salbe laschit on thair lippis … With sculȝoun cloutis [B. skulȝeoun clowttis] and dressing knyvis c1590 J. Stewart 235 § 142.
Sen instantlie I may nocht vith thé mell, Tak thair ane quheis ȝit vith my skoullon clout 1597 Edinburgh Testaments XXX 162b.
Ane skulȝeoun kalf skine pryce iij s. iiij d.
