A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Defeat, n. [e.m.E. (1599).] = Defait n. —a1578 Pitsc. II. 310/1.
The said duik … maid ane gret defeatt in that yleand
