A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Boistrous,) Boystrous, -ows, a. [e.m.E. and late ME. boistrous, boystrous, agreeing in sense with earlier boisteous, boistuous, Busteous a.] Boisterous. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 563 (the bleared bucke and boystrous). 1611-57 Mure Dido 668 (the furie of the boyst'rous king).
