A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bud(e, Boud, v. [e.m.E. and late ME. budde, f. budde, bodde a bud.] intr. To bud, put forth buds.1558-66 Knox I. 184.
Some esperance thei had, that thairby Goddis woord should somewhat bud 1625 Garden Kings 57.
Religion lieves and in her beawtie budes [: concludes] Id. Worthies 66.
When for th' oake the olive branch did bude 1636 Sutherland Corr. 166.
Thir winds makes the grasse bracke out exceiding sloly, and as it bouds out it withers
