A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Bout fow, a. [f. fow Full a.] Dead drunk. —1535 Stewart 39553.
So did thay all [drink] quhill tha war als bout fow, And also slepie, as wes ony sow