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HODDEN (a word of unknown origin)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 556 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HODDEN (a word of unknown origin)  , a coarse See also:kind of See also:cloth made of undyed See also:wool, formerly much worn by the peasantry of See also:Scotland . It was usually made on small See also:hand-looms by the peasants themselves . See also:Grey See also:hodden was made by mixing See also:black and See also:white fleeces together in the proportion of one to twelve when See also:weaving .

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