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: 1501, 1552-1630
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Botefull, Boitful, n. [f. Bote n.2] A boatful. 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II. 83.
To fraucht ane botefull of thaim [sc. boards] to Strivelin 1552–3 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 278.
To Laurence Tod for … caring of ilk boitful [of stanis] 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 160.
Twa small boitful of wall stanis 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 76.
In the coilhous twa boit full of coillis, price of the boitfull xx li. 1630 Ann. Banff I. 64.
Ane boitful of Scottis tymber
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