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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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Quotation dates: 1585-1641

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Stok(k)er, n. Also: stockere. [Stok n.1, v.1] One who makes and/or fits stocks (to guns). —1585 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers 200.
[Robert Hamilton, gunstocker] wright stoker of dages and lang gunis 1599 Criminal Trials II 100.
Thomas Fraser, stokker of pistulettis in Banff 1641 Acts V 562/2.
Stockeres of gunes

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