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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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Pil-, Pylgat(e, -get, -git, n. Var. of Pilȝet n. a pillion. = Pilȝane n. Maill pilgit = maill-pillion, s.v. Male n.3 b. —1537 Treas. Acc. VI. 356.
Item deliverit … ane pair of girthis to ane pilgate price ij s. 1545–6 Ib. VIII. 437.
Pylgat 1568 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 658/2.
The mending of the sadill … with twa buckillis to the pilgat 1619 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 46.
For blak clothe … to … hir woman's pilget —1632 Edinb. Test. LVI. 24.
Threttene maill pilgittis

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