Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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‡LAMPSKAR, n. An old pot used for rendering fish-livers to extract the oil for lamps, etc. (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[Ad. Dan. dial. lampeskaar, a kind of oil lamp or Cruisie.]