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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bute, v.3 [e.m.E. bote (1554), MLG. bûten, Du. buiten: cf. Bute n.3] intr. To share in booty. —c1575 Balfour Pract. 636.
It sall not be leasum to ony ship … to ask … ony part or portion of ony prize … except it be thair was promise maid amangis thame to bute and part the prizes taken

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