A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hustal(l, Hostale, -aile, Haustall, n. (Erron.: repr. OF. fustaille a large tun or cask as fitted in a vessel engaged in the wine trade to receive wines for transportation, in the corresponding passages in various versions of the OF. Laws of Oléron.) —c1420 Bute MS. fol. 172.
The maystyr and the schypmen has stowyt thair wynys as thai aw to do. .[but] the marchandis sais at thair hustal [Harl. MS. the hostalis] has sondryt thair wynys,. . gyf the maystyr [etc.] wyl swere that thair wynys war nocht sondryt thrw thair hustal [Harl. MS. throu hostaile, Adv. MS. thru thar haustall], etc.
