A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1557, 1608
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Dry tapstar(e, topstare, n. Also: tapster, top(i)ster. A retailer of ale without brewing it.1490 Dunferm. B. Rec. 23.
Dry tapsteris, Elyn Fynlaw [etc.] … in voluntate ad assisam 1494 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 67.
Of euery browstare and dry topstare within [the burgh] 1520 Ib. 197.
That na maner brouster nor dry tapstare sell ony aill … na for xx penneis the galloun 1557 Ib. II. 260.
The … counsale dischargis all dry tapstaris of aill within this burgh … that nane of thame vs the samyn 1608 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 255.
That ilk brugh sall sett furthe thair particular actis … for inhibiting … the dry topisteris of aill