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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1505
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Towk, n.2 [e.m.E. toocke (1582) a small cap or bonnet, tock (1599), tocque (1644), F. toque. Cf. Tok n.] A tippet. —1505 Treasurer's Accounts III 42.
vij quartaris taffetj to be ane gret tepat to the king, callit ane towk