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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: 1638-1645

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Canniness, n. [f. Canny a.] Cautiousness, prudence. —1638 Baillie I. 89.
It feares me his censure shall be deep; so much the more as he is not likelie to carry himself with any cannyness in tyme comeing 1645 Ib. II. 261.
When the canniness of Rothes had brought in Montrose to our party [etc.]

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