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: 1550, 1623, 1681
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Excoriat(e, p.p. [e.m.E. excoriat (1544), L. excoriātus.] Skinned, flayed. —c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 344.
Thow seruis quick to be excoriate 1623 Craig iv. 12.
His punishment was of a cruell kinde; Hee was excoriate 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 6.
His horses grievous succussation Had so excoriat his foundation 1681 Ib. ii.
