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: 1494-1560
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Extract, p.p. [Late ME. (1483), L. extractus.] Extracted, in various senses. —1494 Acts Lords of Council 372/1.
The copy of the adiornale extract be the hand of Maister Richard Lawsone, Justice clerk 1498 Ib. II. 162.
Ane act … extract be the hand of the justice clerk 1531 Ib. MS. XLII. 173.
[That the act] be defeisit and extract furth of the bukis 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7524.
Into this taill richt small I can persaue To be extract of morall gude sentence
