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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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*(Hoch-,) Hough-band, n. [Hoch n.: ? cf. How-band. Common and widely distrib. in the mod. dial. as ‘a strap by which the hough-sinew of an animal is. .constricted to curb its movement; a hobble for a horse or a straying sheep’ (SND, s.v. Hoch n. 4 (1)).] —1686 Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 14.
Unless ye over aw them Trust some as far as ye can throw them. Nae hough-bands now for godly helping?

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