A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hint, n. [f. Hintv.] A clutch, grasp. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 88.
The bissart … was so cleverous of hir cluik … Scho held thame at ane hinta1605 Montg. Devot. P. iii. 23.
Of hope if thou hold fast the hint Thou sall prevaill at last
