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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1663-1669

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Main-cross, n. [Appar. erron. spelling of main-cors (Main a. 5; Cors n.2 7, which should however appear under Cors n.1, orig. = the ‘body’ of the sail): e.m.E. mayne-corse (c 1515), -course.] A main-course, mainsail. —1663–9 Livingstone in Select Biographies I. 155.
We … made good way with an main-cross and an litle of ane foretop-sail

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