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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1500-1545

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Button, v. [Late ME. button, ME. boten, f. Butto(u)n, n.] tr. To furnish with buttons. —1544–5 Acts & Decr. II. 12.
Ane coit of blak veluot … buttonyt with gold in the brest c1500 Rowll Cursing 197 (M).
Thai salbe cuttit be the croppis Quhair with the dewill iakkis and iokkis Salbe bordourit and buttonit als

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