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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1574-1633
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Scutchit, Scuictchit, Skouchtit, ppl. adj. [Scutch v.2] That has been dressed by beating. — 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III 185b.
Twa stanes of scutchit lint price thrie li. 1609 Edinburgh Testaments XLVI 14.
Sex quarteris of skouchtit lynt at four markis the stane 1633 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 331.
Tuellff staine wecht of scuictchit hair at xxiiij s. the staine
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