A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1556-1699
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Garit, Garrit, a. [Var. of Gairit a.] Striped. — 1556 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 13.
Ane garit ox 1563 Protocol Book of J. Drummond 30.
ix oxin … ane quhite garit 1565 Ham. & Campsie Test. I. 21 b.
Ane tedder kow and … ane garit kow 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 206.
Ane garit stott of tua ȝeir auld 1589 Antiq. Aberd. B. III. 190.
Vptaking of … thair haill blak scheip and garrit nolt 16.. Rec. Earld. Orkney 380.
Ane new garit kirtill
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