A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fute-host, n. An army of footmen. —a1586 Lindsay MS. 84.
The chiftane that is put to the fute host suld be forssy in strenth