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: 1674
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Constipat, p.p. [e.m.E. constipate (1697), -stupat (1542).] Constipated, restricted. —1674 Fam. Rose 371.
Pray be not soe constipat in your letters as not to wryt a word of news
