A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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As, Asse, n.2 Also: asz, ase. [ME. as, ass, asse, OE. assa.] An ass.a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 319 (assis, mulis). c1420 Wynt. iii. 291 (a chek bane off ane as); Ib. iv. 2658 (ane ox and ane as). 1456 Hay I. 58 (hors and as); Ib. II. 157 (rude as ane as). 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 158 (a fordullyt as); Ib. viii. vi. 16 (the doillit as). 1549 Compl. 39/7 (quhen thai herd the asse rair). 1567 G. Ball. 50 (assis, oxin, and ky). c1590 J. Stewart 33/93 (his ase did tyre).fig. a1585 Maitl. Q. lxi. 15.
Mackgill and Orknay, scottisch assisattrib. 1549 Compl. 64/7.
The tail quhou kyng Midas gat tua asse luggis on his hede
