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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1549

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Ostad, n. (Only Sc. OF. ostade serge or worsted (15th c. in Godef.), med. L. ostadum kind of cloth (1521 in Latham). Cf. also Ostage.) —1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 190.
Alie due cappe seu palle ex ostad cerulij coloris 1549 Ib.
Vna capella … ex lie ostad 1549 Ib. 194.
Duo coopertoria scabelli mortuorum … alterum ex ostad [tele] anglicane

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