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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Stra bus(c)hat(t, -art, Stra(y) buschet(t, n. (Var. of trabuschatt, a (small) set of scales (Trabuschet(t n.) with prosthetic s.) —1575 Dumfries B. Ct. 21 March.
Ane pair of stra bushats … price xviij d. 1575–6 Dumfries B. Ct. 20 Jan.
Ane pair of stra buschatts … price xiiij d. 1592 Edinb. Test. XXV 28.
xij pair of strabuschettis at xx s. the pair 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX 218b.
Thrie pair of stray buschettis at xvj s. the paire 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII 186b.
Ane pair of gold strabuscharts

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