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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1461, 1567, 1622-1626

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Faultour, n. [Late var. of Faltour, Fautour.] = Faulter. —1461 Liber Pluscardensis 398.
Than suld the consale … punis weil the fautor [v.r. faultoure] or he gang 1567 Satirical Poems vii. 150.
Fylthy faultouris fast in prisone [to] close 1622-6 Bisset II. 227/2.
The faultouris … to be punisched accordinglie

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