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goudie, gowdie Sc.
‘An office-bearer of an incorporation who keeps one of the keys of the Box; also, the name of the office’ (Jamieson Supp. Add.).
1857A. Wallace Gloaming of Life iii. (1875) 60 The still more important honours of a ‘gowdie’ were conferred, in the permission which was then granted to ‘snuff the candles and keep the keys’. 18..Rules & Regul. Cordiners Glasgow 3 (Jam. Supp. Add.) A Trade's Goudie or keeper of a key of the Box, from among the nine Masters, to hold office for one year. |