A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Foulsum, -some, a. Also: fulsume. [ME. fulsome (14th c.), f. Foul a. Cf. Fowsum a.] Loathsome, nauseous. —a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 496.
I sal tel, of his wykytnes, That fulsume til al gud men wes a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitl. F. l. 45. (
Befoir the foulsum rowt a1605 Montg. Flyt. 479 (Hart).
A foull flegmaticke foulsome fish
