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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Jot(t, Jote, Joit, n.1 Also: joyt, joate. [e.m.E. ioate, iote (1538) and iot(t (1526), ad. L. iōta.] The least letter of any writing; the least part or point of anything; a whit, a tittle, a jot. (Usu. with negative.)(a)?a1500 Remembr. Passion 602.
Bot thair is nocht a iot forȝet in Goddis sicht1562-3 Winȝet I. 71/21.
That we sall nocht adhere to ane iot in religioun, except we schaw the samin expressit in Scriptuir 1573 Sat. P. xl. 323.
Let nouther lufe of friend nor feir of fais Mufe ȝow to … hald bak Ane iot of ȝour commission ony wayis 1596 Dalr. II. 226/34.
In the leist iot or iimp tha neuer brak the Papes authoritie 1635 Dickson Wr. 14.
We cannot win by him a jot(b) 1562-3 Winȝet I. 25/34.
To maling in ane iote aganis the knawin veritie Ib. II. 18/1.
And ȝit al the haeretikis out of hel dow nocht correct iustli a iote hierin a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 773 (Wr.).
My custome is for to declare The truth, and neither eke nor paire For any man a ioate Id. Sonn. xxi. 7.
Suppose ȝe say ȝe jump not in a jote a1650 Row App. iii. 545.
Befor I brake my word in a jote to you(c) 1558-66 Knox I. 17.
The fear of that cruell death could [not] move him a joit to swarve from the trewth Ib. 107.
Yf, in any joyt, he sufferred the authoritie of the Pape to be violated 1573 Davidson Sat. P. xl. 152.
He … did not iouk ane ioit from vprichtnes
