A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Driftingly, adv. [f. Drift v.] Dilatorily. —c1590 Fowler I. 126/19.
My self, who tymelie suld foirsene … And not so driftinglie deferd, nor taryed to this tyme
