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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Flot, Flote, n.3 Also: floit, flote. [ME. flot, flote (a 1300), OF. flote.] A troop or company. —1375 Barb. iii. 456.
Syne Lawyne and all his flot Dispitusly discumfyt he
?1438 Alex. ii. 5214.
Ȝe ar the eldest of the floit, And vmest sittis in cumpany
Ib. 6789.
Thare was mony into that flote
1513 Doug. xii. v. 191.
Italianys hurlys on hym in a floyt

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