A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Tarsse(s, n. (pl.). (17th c. Eng. and mod. L. tarsus (1676), F. tarse the posterior part of the foot, coll. the ankle bones, the tarsus. Cf. Mittatarse n.) —1664 Rec. Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. C. V 115.
William Tempell chirurgeon … fund vpon his left lege at the joynt of his a[n]ckell bone, ane gangrain insewing upon the tarsses … lyk as vpon the ryt lege and foote a swelling with a great quaggallat bloode lying upon the tarsse and mitta tarse
