A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1650-1651
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Sorbonicall, adj. [e.m.E. sorbonycall (1543), sorbonicall (1561), f. as Sorbonick,adj.] = Sorbonick adj. — a1651 Calderwood I 44.
They abounded not in scholasticall and sorbonicall quirkes, yitt they were expert in the knowledge of the Scriptures
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