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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1580-1681
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Stra(y) wald, -wa(i)d, -wod(e, n. Also: stravald, stray warde, strewald, -wall, stroe wadde. [Stra n. and Wad n. Also in the later dial. (SND Straw n. 2).] Plant material used in dyeing.(a) 1580 Edinburgh Testaments VII 345b.
lx stanes of stray wald half Scottis half Flanders at viij li. the scoir 1586–7 Perth B. Ct. 14 March.
Ane stane of stray wald coft and ressauit be the said Henry 1599 Exchequer Rolls XXIII 316.
Strawald 1605–6 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 46.
Ane schip fra Diep with quhyt and straywald 1610–11 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 64.
Ane bark from Deip with pottis strawald [etc.] 1623 Edinburgh Testaments LI 344b.
Stravald 1623 Edinburgh Testaments LI 345.
Ane barrell strawald pryce xxxij ll. 1630–1 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 174.
Jhon Straquan for his ladning strewald and bark 1673 Leith Customs 5.
1200 pound strawald £6 1678–81 Acc. of Purchases by Tacksman (Arg.).
2 lb. strewall(b) 1586–7 Perth B. Ct. 21 March.
Tua stane of sufficient stray waid 1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXII 97b.
Stray wad 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXII 297b.
Stray waid 1662–3 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 485.
Stroe wadde(c) 1598 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II 39.
The gros wairis sic as … irne pottis, stray warde, schuellis [etc.](d) 1599 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II 65.
Iyrne pottis, stray wode, treyne, schuillis, apillis, peiris, wynigar, … sall pay … thre pundis the twn 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 332.
Woad called Iland grene woad or stra wod the tun … [£120]
