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: 1561-1578, 1683-1685
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Inputtar, n. Also: -er and Imputtar. [f. Input v.] a. One who puts something in a place. b. One who puts a person in confinement. —a. 1561 Reg. Privy C. I. 192.
Quhair ony hydis happynnis to be put in the said schip, … to declair the personis in puttaris thairofb. a1578 Pitsc. I. 177/17.
Gif he wald bind himself into the lordis consallis that was his inputtaris a1578 Ib. 391/1.
Schir James … was heavilie commovit at his inputtaris1683 Fountainhall Decis. I. 240.
Because Gideon the inputter [sc. of his apprentice in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh] ... had neglected to book him, ... which booking bears the day of entry in prison [etc.] 1685 Ib. 345.
