A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Squirbuily, Squrbuile. (?) —16… Mylne Master Masons 100.
To Master Mill whose squirbuily [Adamson Muses Thr. 138, squrbuile [f.n. A French word … used in the northern counties to signifie an … artist who understands every science]] braine Could ten Escurialls well containe
