A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Combust, p.t. [Late ME. combust (Caxton): cf. Combust,p.p.] tr. Burned. —c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 522.
Sine vther thre did scho bring Of the same buikis: combust thame in the fyre
