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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†PLUMMET, n. Sc. usage: the pommel of a sword, freq. weighted with lead.Sc. 1700 Edb. Gazette (11–14 Nov.):
A sheering sword with a Hogskin Scabert, the Handle, shell, and plummet of Silver.Sc. 1775 Dick o the Cow in Child Ballads No. 185. xl.:
Dickie could not win to him with the blade of the sword, But he feld [him] with the plummet under the eye.

[O.Sc. plomat, id., c.1420.]

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