Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†INVOKERIE, n. The invocation of evil spirits for superstitious purposes.s.Sc. c.1830 Proc. Bwk. Nat. Club (1916) 63:
I have seen a person rise from her seat, and leave the house, when one of the boys belonging to the family swung the crook; so much horror had she attached to this invokerie, as she termed it, that “she wadna bide in the house where it was practised.”
