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: <1375, 1375-1400
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Spech(yn, n. [Appar. med. L. specca (1532 in Latham). Cf. 17th c. Eng. spech (1624), spetch a piece or strip of leather, a trimming used to make glue.] Appar. a piece or strip of leather used to make some kind of basket, pouch or the like. — 1337 Exchequer Rolls I 439.
Vnam literam … cum omnibus aliis euidenciis … in vno amperio de spechynis a1400 Legends of the Saints xii 49.
Of spechis a cowyne Tha mad til hyme met & syne Lad hyme in … & in the se lad it … As … wes with Moyses done
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