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: 1650
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Bo, int. [ME. bo (c 1430), also in bo to a goose (1588), to a battledore (1621).] But bo to thair blanket, without any remark or interference. [See Blanket n. 2 b.] — c1650 Spalding II. 325.
But bo to thair blanket, thay rode doun throw the Gallowget