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

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Traw, n. [Cf. e.m.E. trawelle (1481-90), 17th c. Eng. trawl (1630), troul-net (1696), MDu. traghel, L. tragula a drag-net.] A net used to catch herring. —1699 Kingarth Par. Rec. 207.
He only took about a duzan herring out of a boats traw [v.r. netts] upon Munday 1699 Kingarth Par. Rec. 207.
That they went out after midnight on Sabbath becaus of the tide and that they took half a hunder herring out of the traw

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