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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tooboot, n. [To- prefix¹ and Bute n.¹ 3.] An additional sum. Cf. Too-meill n. and, in the later dial. (1718 Glasgow B. Rec. V 40), too weight ‘a little extra amount’ (SND s.v. Tae adv. 2 (18)). — 1670 Corshill Baron Ct. 91.
For the sowme of four pond Scotis money and that as the niffer of ane horse in tooboot