A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inconsumptive, a. [Cf. e.m.E. consumptive (1647).] Incapable of being consumed. —1513 Doug. vii. x. 23.
Strenthy irne slottis, that dyd seym To be eternal and inconsumptive
