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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Gartling, -lyn, n. [Var. of Girtling, Greitling.] The 'great line' used in deep-sea fishing for cod, ling, etc. Also attrib. with bait (boat). —1567 Edinb. Test. I. 31 b.
The half of ane gartling bait with all hir ornamentis
1577 Ib. V. 102.
xvij new nettis and sevin auld nettis, … foure gartlingis, price of the pece … x ls.
1584 Ib. XIV. 56 b.
Ten hering nettis, … tua gartlynis

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