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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1589-1661
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Sta(l)kit, adj. Also: stalked, staket, stalkitted. [Sta(l)k n. 3.] a. Of a candlestick or chandelier: Branched, having (a number of) branches. b. Of a candlestick, glass, etc.: Stemmed, having a stem. Some instances may belong in a.a. 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 48a.
With ane iii staket chandeller c1600 Sanderson Mary Stewart's People 133.
Ane thrie staket chandlerb. 1628 Edinburgh Testaments LIV 292.
Thrie stalkit bras chandleris at xxx s. the peice … ane hanging chanler 1638 Edinburgh Testaments LVIII 313b.
Certane long stalkit beir glasis 1654 Edinburgh Testaments LXVII 219.
Tua hinging brese chandleris & tua stakit ones 1658 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX 180.
Ane doisson of stalkitted chandlers 1661 Edinburgh Testaments LXX 154b.
Fourtene stalked bras chandleris
