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: 1650-1662
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Mould, Mowld, n. [e.m.E. mould(e (1535), var. of Muld(e n.1 or Mold n.1] Soil, earth; graveyard earth. —1650 Maxwell Mem. I. 356 (see Modewarp n. 1 c). —1652 Black Bk. Kincardineshire 22.
I layed it (the sword of the Honours of Scotland) down within the case of it and covered it up as that, removing the superfluous mould, it could not be discerned by any body 1662 Criminal Trials III. 612.
In the divellis nam we powr in this water among this mowld [: heall]
