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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: 1559, 1641

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Combustioun, n. [Late ME. combustion (1477), F. combustion, L. combustio.] a. Consumption by fire. b. Outbreak, insurrection. —1559 Wemyss Chart. 296.
The space of foure ȝeiris immediatle eftir the said combustioun —1641 Acts V. (1870) 338/1.
The authores and causeris of the late and present troubles and cumbustioun

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