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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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Fosse, v. [f. Foss(e,n.] tr. To furnish with a ditch. —1450 Edinb. Chart. 71.
We have … grauntit to thame leiff to fosse, bulwark, … and uther wais to strengthen oure foresaid burgh 1472 Ib. 134.

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