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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: 1499-1512

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Hostand, ppl. a. [Host v.] Coughing. —a1500 Henr. III. 114/12.
His eyne wes hol, his woce wes hace hostand c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 200.
Thy hostand hippis lattis nevir thy hos go dry

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