A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1616, 1671
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Hardnes, n. [ME., OE. heardnes.] Hardness; dullness, bluntness, (Hard a. 2 b). —1456 Hay I. 301/30.
Throu hardnes of lyfing, and custume, thai bare it lychtly c1616 Hume Orthog. 17.
Quhen the hammer and the stiddie ar ane, the difference is in the hardnes and softnes of the tuich 1671 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 271.
If any boy, thorow neglect or hardnes of ingyne. come short of his fellow
