A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Goving, vbl. n. [Gove v.2] Putting in the ‘govis’. —1498 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 73.
To be set on the goif and thair haldin thrie dayis, and the caus of his goving descriuit in writt besyde him
