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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: 1634-1661

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Crimpson(e, a. Variant of crimson (cf. Simpson, etc.). —1634 Buccleuch Mun. I. 264.
A horsse with a foote mantle in crimpsone weluet 1657 Balfour Annals IV. 16.
A scarlet coat … lined with crimpson tafta 1661 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 1196.
Ane coffin to be coverit with ane reid crimpsone velvet cloth

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