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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bote, Boit(t, Bot(t, n.¹ Also: boyt, boote, boat. [F. and It. botte, Sp. and Port. bota: cf. But n.] A cask, a butt (for wine, etc.).(a) 1426 Exch. R. IV. 406.
Pro uno bote vini de Osaye 1468 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 23.
Off ilk tun wyne, xvj d. Item of ilk bote malvesy, xij d.(b) 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
Of ilk tvn wyn, xvj d. Of ilk boit malvasy 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. fol. 77 b.
Ad eundem locum duo lie Malwasy boittis 1547 Reg. Great S. 20/2 note.
vij hoghedis, … vj rowbouris, … ane boit 1550 Knox III. 54.
Doith a thousand rammes please him, or ten thousand boit [v.r. boyt] of oyle? 1577 Reg. Privy C. II. 603.
Ane boit of wyne sek 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 348 b.
In the buytht … ane barme boitt 1598 Black Bk. Taymouth 333.
Laidnar veschell. Boytis for panschis … boytis for beir 1621 Wedderburn Compt Bk. 174.
Ane boyt marmolad 1667 Edinb. Test. LXXIII. 45.
Ane beiff stand, twa boitts(c) 1493 Halyb. 17.
2 bottis of mawyssye, ilk bot cost 6 li. 16 s. 1499 Ib. 181.
A bot of mallvesye 1589 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 129.
Ane wort stand, ane aill bott 1598 Black Bk. Taymouth 333.
Off botis, … skeppis, … mustard coigis [etc.] 1643 Dumfries Test. I. 125.
Of lame treis, standes, bottis and vther barrellis(d) 1622 Falkirk Par. Rec. I. 32.
The said guidwyfe of the hous past to ane boote to fill ane chopin of aill(e) 1653 Edinb. Test. LXVII. 146 b.
Tua fresche meat boatis estimat both to sex s.