A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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About-speche, n. [About adv.] Circumlocution. —1513 Doug. i. Prol. 387.
Rycht so, by about spech oftyn tymys And semabill wordis we compile our rymys
