A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hous-end, n. [End n.] The end of a house.1375 Barb. vii. 163.
Thai drew thame in the hous end c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxx. 49 (M).
With him me thocht all the hous end [B. houshend] he tuke 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 186.
Quhen the said Robert wes passand in at the said castell ȝett, his aduersaries wer at Patrik Edgar his hous end 1633 M. Works Acc. XXVII. 19.
The gaites betuixt the castell ȝet and Lambes house end 1682 Peebles B. Rec. II. 105.
The money was collected for the prisoners att Thomas Patersones housend
