A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1528
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(Pike-,) Pyke-staf(f, n. Also: pyik- and -stalf. [e.m.E. pike staffe (1580), f. Pik(e n.1 and staff. Cf. Pik-staff n., and ON. píkstafr. In this sense, only Sc. after c 1650.] A staff with a metal point at its lower end. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 180 (Ch.).
With pykestalf [Bann. pyk-staff] in hir hand As pure pilgryme scho passit out of toun a1500 Ib. 2473 (Ch.).
Pyikstaf 1528 Lynd. Dreme 925.
