A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1500-1512
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Strekour, Strecour, n. [AF stracur, strakur (1287 in OED), poss. related to OF estrac track; but cf. Strek(e v. 8.] A fast dog of the greyhound type. Also transf., in pejorative use, of a person. Cf. Strikar n. 6. — 1375 Barb. vi 487.
A sleuthhund had he … And sum men sais ȝeit that the kyng As a strecour [E. traytour] hym nwrist had —transf. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 131/17.
Stuffettis strekouris and stafische strummellis … Druncartis, dysouris [etc.]
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