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: 1614-1636, 1700+
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Lukewarm, Lu(c)k-, Loukwarm(e, a. [e.m.E. lukewarm(e, late ME. leuk-, lewkwarm(e (15th c.) and luke-warme-hote (Trevisa), f. as Luke-hate a.: (cf. Lew-warm).] Tepid, lukewarm; fig., lacking in zeal or enthusiasm. — c1614 Mure Dido & Æn. iii. 389.
The wepon, foaming in her luk-warme blood, Maide open passage to the gushing flood 1622-6 Bisset II. 147/32.
Considder … how slaw and louk warme we ar now in tyme of the … senceir teiching of the blissed evangell 1636 Re-examination of the Five Articles Preface.
If the Lord will spew the luckwarm out of his mouth, what may backsliders look for? 1740 Letter by Mr John Dickson from the Bass Prison 5.
A lukewarm church
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