A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Huffit, Hovit, -yt, a. [f. Hufe n. = e.m.E. hooved (1586), hoofed (1607).] Hoofed. —c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 509.
[A horse] weill pasturit, hovit, and of gude mesure 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 123 (R).
The horny huffit [B. hovit] hors … stampand and trottand
