castock

The aid of a Highland leech was procured, who probed the wound with a probe made out of a castock; i.e., the stalk of a colewort or cabbage.

Rob Roy 2005

The aid of a Highland leech was procured, who probed the wound with a probe made out of a castock; i.e., the stalk of a colewort or cabbage.

Rob Roy 1887

By the well o 'the woods o' Wearie O! Oh, gi'e me my castock, my hinnie, my heart,

Paddo's Song 1828

The aid of a Highland leech was procured, who probed the wound with a probe made out of a castock; _i. e._, the stalk of a colewort or cabbage.

Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

The aid of a Highland leech was procured, who probed the wound with a probe made out of a castock; _i. e._, the stalk of a colewort or cabbage.

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

They play'd me sik a deevil o 'a shavie that I daur say if my harigals were turn'd out, ye wad see twa nicks i' the heart o 'me like the mark o' a kail-whittle in a castock.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777