A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coaltship, n. [f. coalt (Gael. comhdhalta) foster brother or sister: see Colt n.2] Fosterage. — a 1714 Cromarty Corr. II. 480.
Classin Gowe, a smith, ane of the Lord Lovat's people, … being related by coaltshipe, that is fostering, to Lovat's daughter
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