A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513
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Crust, Cruse, n. [ME. cruste, crust (c 1325), OF. crouste, L. crusta.] A crust. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 618.
Hyr brethyr, as thai durse, Wald bryng til hyre sum crum, sum cruse 1513 Doug. vii. ii. 22.
With thar … chaftis [to] gnaw The crustis and the coffyngis all on raw
