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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sledfull, Sla(i)dfull, n. [Sled n.] A quantity or load such as to fill a slide-car. Cf. Sled n. 1 c. —1513 Selkirk B. Ct. MS 26b.
To lend thaim horses to bring v sladfull of faill 1531 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 115.
xlti sledfull of hayther to be pullit 1537–8 Crim. Trials I i 204.
[Sixty] sled full [and sixty] cart full [of] hader 1544–5 Acts & Decr. II 10.
Ane slaid full of quhynnis pertenyng to him … and wonnyng be him and his servandis 1579 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS App. 402/2.
John Stewart … keeper of the Castle of Rothesay, in use to receive … furth of the lands of Cowbasbeg yeirlie ane wedder, ane creill full of peittis, and ane sled full of stray
