Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COOKSTOOL, n. Erron. used by Ramsay = a pillory. The form cook(e)-stool, = cucking-stool, is found in Eng. 15th–17th cent. (N.E.D.).Sc. 1728 Ramsay Fables, Twa Cut-purses (1800) II. 533:
The tane . . . Unbidden clam the high cookstool, And put his head and baith his hands Through holes where the ill-doer stands.
