A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1600-1610
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(Scalder,) Skowdr-, v. [North. Eng. dial. scaldr- (1600), skawder (1876); Scald v.1] tr. To scorch; to cook by scorching in a fire. —1600-1610 Melvill 134.
He was fean till eat of a magre guse, skowdrit with bar stra
