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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Palm(e)-tre(e, n. [ME. and e.m.E. palm-tre(e, OE. palm-tréo.] A palm-tree or its representation. Also attrib.a1400 Leg. S. vi. 125.
A branche … Of a palme tre that datis bare Ib. xix. 273. c1420 Wynt. v. 153. 1513 Doug. iii. x. 98.
Selynys … For al thi palm treys 15.. Sym & Bruder 42.
And pecis of palme treis 1549 Compl. 148/33 (see Palm(e n.1 2). 1565 Reg. Privy C. I. 413.
Ane penny of silver … havand on the one syde ane palmetre crownitattrib. 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 170.
In palm tre leiffis

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