A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1609
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Wra(i)k(e, Wrack(e, v. [MLG wra(c)ken.] tr. To sort (fish) for the purpose of rejecting those that are damaged, etc. — 1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 343.
All the heiring and quhyte fische that sall cum within the said port … of Leyth … to be strukin vp, visitet and wraket 1609 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II 284.
That all hering and quhytt fische be saltit … and nane to be transportit furth of the realm quhill thai be packit, wraikit, and merkett as followis … threttene schillingis four penneis to be tane of ilk last vesetit, wrackit, jadget and brunt
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