A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bot, n.2 [f. Bot conj.] The use of the word ‘but’. —1571 Sempill Sat. P. xxviii. 140.
His putting doun I publictly deny, Ȝit botis and hummis declairis ȝow quhat I mene
