A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Difference, n.2 [f. Differ v.1] Delay; postponement. —1550 Dundee B. Laws 13.
To put the entres that day in oppen court … without difference or ony further delay 1559 Q. Kennedy in Misc. Wodrow Soc. 273.
Utherwyse the hail warld may se that is but difference that ȝe desyre, and not to haif the mater at ane perfyte tryall
