A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1623, 1680-1684
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Gest, v.2 [f. Gest n.2] tr. To furnish with joists. —1623 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 283.
That the east tour … sould be new gestit and loftit 1680 Echt-Forbes Chart. 147.
The said house being gested and lofted from end to end 1684 Glamis Bk. Rec. 38.
Wheras the third storry was cumsylled above, … I gested it over and gaind rowms above
