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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sow, n.3 [? Reduced form of trousseau. Also in the later dialect of the NE.] A bride's outfit of clothes, a trousseau. —1667 (1683) Morison Dict. Decis. 10436.
Andrew Littlejohn pursues the Duchess of Monmouth and her curators for payment of a taylor-account taken off by the Duchess for her marriage sow

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