A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Hastin,) Haistin, v. Also: hesten. [e.m.E. hasten (1565).]
1. intr. To make haste.15.. Clar. iii. 458.
The king … braid unto his sword, rycht haistining
2. tr. To hasten, bring or send quickly.1666 Laing MSS. I. 350.
Lord give you pasienc and hesten you out of thir mercieles hands
