One of a class of <xref>paupers</xref> or <xref>pensioners</xref>, or <xref>licensed</xref> <xref>beggars</xref>, in <xref>Scotland</xref>, who received certain <xref>alms</xref> every year on the <xref>king</xref>'s <xref>birthday</xref>, including a blue gown.