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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: 1513-1587

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Hugtoun, n. Also: -toune, -tone, houg-, hungtoun. [Var. of Hogtoun n.] A short sleeveless jacket. Also attrib. with cote (coat).1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 435.
For cammes till his hugtoun and fasson tharof
1532 Ib. VI. 24.
For iij elnis and iij quarteris armosie taffateis to be the King ane hugtoune
1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 410.
Ane hugtone of blak welwet without slefis
1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. XXI. 62 b.
Ane hougtoun of russate
c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 91.
His hugtoun was of crammesie veluet
1587 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII. 135.
My hungtoun of blak velvot
attrib. 1535 Bamff Chart. 69.
Ane hugtoun cot of black, begareit with blak velvot
1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. XXI. 52 b.
Ane hugtoun coit of Pareis blak wattit with welwot
1567 Bamff Chart. 69.
Ane hugtoun cot of black, begareit with blak velvot
1587 Edinburgh Testaments XVIII. 135.
My best … blak hungtoun coit

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