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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HOST, v. Sc. usage, now only hist.: to serve in a host or armed force; specif. to follow one's feudal superior or chief to war or on a foray, a duty abolished by Act 1 Geo. I. ii. c. 54 § 10.Mry. 1704 W. Cramond Grant Court Bk. (1897) 18:
To be readie upon 24 hours' advertisement to rendevouse when the Laird of Grant shall call them for his hosting or hunting, under the failie of £5 stg.Sc. 1717 Atholl MSS. (21 April):
To help me to agree with my vassals about the clauses in their Charters for watching warding, hosting and hunting, for which they are to pay a yearly Feudutie, as is apointed by the Act of Parliament for securing the peace of the hilands.Sc. 1729 W. Macintosh Inclosing 67:
For they cannot be ignorant, how fatal the Power the Nobility have, of raising Countries and Districts to Host and Hunt with them, has been to many of their Predecessors.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xi.:
Being obliged to follow Sir Robert in hunting and hosting, watching and warding.