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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1650

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Maw-turning, vbl. n. [Maw n.1] Turning over of the stomach, nausea. —1650 Maxwell Mem. I. 355.
Joanet Scotte's barne cured of mawturning by her charmeing, by useing wordis, ‘Oaken post, standes thow, Bairnes maw turnes thow; Our Lord and our Lady bright, Turne the bairnes maw right’ 1650 Ib. 357.

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