A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ambeset, Ambiset, var. of Umbeset v., to surround. —1609 Garden Garden 48.
Though … schools of Fish [should] seeme t' ambiset the shore 1642 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 38.
The said defendar … ambeset the complenars way
