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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

*Antefit, -fute, n. ? —1604 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 31.
For ane antifit to hir hude
1608 Ib. 67 b.
To his wyff hir heid geir . . ane antefit to it
1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. 152.
Tuelf. . ourlairis with ane skaf, ane ring, ane new antefute of veluot & ane auld antefute of veluot

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