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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1635
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How, n.6 [Var. of Hoy, Huy.] How and cry, hue and cry. — 15.. Clariodus iv. 1771.
The deir doun cumis … With how and cry they follow 1635 Grant Chart. 341.
Follow, and persew, with how and cry, all and sindrie … sorners, and maisterlesse persones
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