A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Trewchtchacheadis, n. pl. (Gael. tríocha chéad = 30 hundreds, notionally of fighting men, hence a land measure, consisting of the amount of land which could support those men.) —15.. Bk. Dean Lismore 183.
In Cogow wllich xxxv trewchtchacheadis of land
