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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Host, Hoist, n.4 [ME. hooste, hoste (a 1340), oste, etc. (1303). OF. hoiste, oiste. Cf. Ost.] a. A victim for sacrifice; a sacrifice. b. The host in the Eucharist; a consecrated wafer. —a. 1533 Boece ii. iv. 63.
Apoun the samyn [stone] to immortall goddis suld hoistis be offerit and sacrifice be brynt Ib. iii. iv. 94 b.
Eder … to thame [the gods] causit … be maid offerinis and hoistis [L. victimas] apoun thare altaris —b. 1540 Treas. Acc. VII. 397.
Schir James Hammiltounis chapell gair, … ane boist to keip hoistis in
