A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1620, 1674
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Bendit, Bend(ed, ppl. a.1 [Bend v. 1 b.] Drawn tight; cocked; made ready for firing.1533 Boece xi. xii. 430.
The bendit stringis of the cors bowis 1566 Criminal Trials I. i. 481.
With drawin swords, whingers, bendit pistolls, and vthers wapones invasiue 1576 Ib. I. ii. 61.
All the tyme … Gabriel stude with ane bendit pistulet in his hand 1620 Ellon Presb. 112.
Be ane bend pistoll haldin to his breist 1674 Highland P. I. 270.
Menacing them with bendit gunes
