A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wreisting threde,) Wresting threed, -thread, n. [? Wre(i)sting vbl. n. and Thred(e n.] A thread or cord used in folk medicine to treat various ailments, ? esp. sprains. See also Resting threid, and wresting thread (SND Wrest v.) —1616 Orkney Rec. MS in Dalyell Darker Superst. 118.
[To make] a wresting thread, and give it In the name of the Father, Sone and the Holie Gaist 1660 S. Ronaldshay 30.
Eupham Tailȝour … desyred of hir ane wresting threed (as it is commonly called) for ane wrested kowe quhilk scho gave her … the said Eupham … declaired … that at that time scho had no wrested kowe but a seik kowe that could not stand nor eate
