A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Brew caldron(e, ca(u)ldroun, n. [Brew v.] A brewing vessel.1481 Acta Aud. 96/1.
The wrangwis … awaytakin fra thaim of … a brew caldrone 1491 Acta Conc. 172/2.
A brew caldrone of xvij gallonis 1529 Reg. Great S. 178/1.
A brewcauldroun of 20 gallownis price 30 s 1578 Maxwell Mem. 312.
Ane brew caldroun, ane mask fatt 1584 Edinb. Test. XIII. 191 b.
Ane brew caldroun with ane brew cruik 1615 Red Bk. Grandtully I. p. xxvi (see Brew leid).
