A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Collation, v. [Collatioun n.] tr. To collate; to compare.1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xii. 17.
To the which processe if we shall collation the Roman custome this day, we shall finde … [that] in practice they are pagans 1645 S. Leith Rec. 66.
His compts being collationed with the said … William his compts 1657 Fraser P. 136.
This is the just double … collationed be him and me 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. (1699) Pref.
I collationed all with our statutory law, the civil law, … , and the opinions of the doctors
