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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1521-1622
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For(e)buthe, Foirbuith, n. Also: forboth, -boitht, -butht, -buith(t, foirbuyth, forebuith. [Buthe n.] A front booth or shop. 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 114.
[Thai] has ressyngit … the for both in the sayd balye hand 1521 Dunferm. B. Rec. 172.
Ane chalmer … aboune ane forboitht 1526 Ib. 277.
Ane forhous with ane forbutht 1550 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts I. 19.
We decerne … the twa foirbwithis … to stand … for the thride part 1584 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 239.
He … leuis to the said Patrik … the litill foirbuith that is on the foirgait 1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 83.
The candilmakers … in thair forebuithis and forehoussis 1622 Misc. Bann. C. II. 245.
Thair was auchtand … for the maill of his foirbuith, … lx l.
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