A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Bresting,) Breisting, ppl. a. [Cf. Brest(e v.] ? With rising breasts. —1587-99 Hume vii. 209.
The viols swift … Ioyned with the voice of men, and breisting boyes
