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: 1566, 1641
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(Scutcheon,) Skouchhone, Squtcheon, n.2 [? Perhaps the same word as Scutcheonn.1 Cf. Scowtch n.] Appar., some sort of barrell. —1566 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 102.
The brewhouse … Ane laid gallone, ane skouchhone 1641 Coynehous Compt 2b.
Payeit … for making aucht squtcheons and twa punscheons conforme to his ressait, xxvij lib.
