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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: 1660-1661
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Forcasten, ppl. a. [ME. forcast p.p. (a 1300).] Cast away, abandoned. — a1661 Rutherford Lett. (1765) i. ep. 35 (J).
Christ will make new work of old forecasten Scotland a1661 Id. (1862) I. 392.
Like an old forcasten castle
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