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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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Spicery, n.2 [Cf. ME spike (1345-6), spyk (1390) a large strong nail, MDu. spīker, spijcker.] ? Nails. —1511 Treas. Acc. IV 288.
Fabrica Nauium … For the fraucht of vijxxiiij gune stanis, xj pece small cordalis, ix boltis gret canves, ij½ barrellis spicery, iij gret cordalis, xvijc wiflyne brocht fra Flandris to Leith vij li.

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