A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1614-1650
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Bed-chalmer, -chalmour, n. [e.m.E. bedchamber, ME. bedchaumbre (14th c.).] A bedroom. —1614 Highland P. III. 170 (his Maiesteis bed-chalmer). 1615 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 253 (gentilman of his Maiesteis bedchalmour). c1650 Spalding II. 159 (in privie chalmer, in bed chalmer).
