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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1522-1523
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Pet, n. ? Put for, or ? erroneous for, Pellet n.1 the raw skin of a sheep. Cf. also Pett n.3 Also in the later dialect of Roxburghshire. — 1522–3 Old Dundee II. 337.
James Fothringam grants to give James Cunningam the lot of the auld pets that is in his hand
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