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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Dam-hede, -heid, n. Also: dame-heid. [f. Dam n.1] The embankment forming a dam.(a) 1532 Reg. Cupar A. I. 314.
We … sall hald in the dam heid quhair the watter enteris to the saidis lawaris
1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 374.
That the said dam heid be substantiouslie maid of aisler wark
1600 Ib. V. 270.
That the damheid of the comone mylnis be repayret
1624 Melrose P. 583.
[They] come … to the said damm-heade, and kaist doun the same
(b) 1575 Edinb. Test. XXVIII. 18.
Thomas Kerkcaldie at the dameheid of Monquhaney
1602 Reg. Great S. 472/2.
As the water of Mospy rynnis to the dameheid of the mylne of Falkland
1684 New Mills Manuf. 60.
Ther is a great breach made in the miln damehead

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