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: 1584-1619
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Haut, a. [e.m.E. and ME. haute, haut (1430), F. haut.] High, in fig. senses. —a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxxv. 4.
Hyd not so haut a hairt in slugish thrall 1619 Garden Elphinstone 2372.
A prince, … Haut, hardie, and in helthe
