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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bausond, Bausend, a. Also: bawsound, -and; bawsonit (bal-); bassonit, bas(s)oned; basownit. [Northern ME. bausand (c 1320), e.m.E. bawsonde (1549), OF. bausant (med. L. bausendus), variant of bausan Bausoun.] Of horses: Marked with white, esp. on the forehead or down the face. Also as sb., a horse so marked.(a) ?1438 Alex. i. 462.
Into this message mon ȝe ga On bausand [orig. bauchant] that … Is suifter than is foull of flicht 1513 Doug. v. x. 46.
A hors … With bawsand face 1531 Acta Conc. MS. XLIII. 90.
Ane bawsound hors 1551 Prot. Bk. W. Corbet 15.
The bausend hors 1614 Crim. Trials III. 265.
Ane soird bassoned meir 1697 Foulis Acc. Bk. 215.
A new shoe to the basoned horse(b) 1557 Crim. Trials I. i. 400.
A sorit balsonit horse c 1565 Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 8 b.
Ane … quhyte meir; … ane vther meir bawsonit 1567 Liber Dryburgh 399.
To my Lordis broun bassonit naig 1595 Edinb. Test. XXVIII. 265.
He lewis to … his sister … the basownit hors