A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Astuce, n. [OF. astuce, L. astūtia.] Astuteness, cleverness. —1549 Compl. 87/10.
Be there austuce [sic] and subtilite thai furnest vitht money baitht the parteis aduersaris
