A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1590
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Men(e, Meine, Meyn, n.3 [? Aphetic f. late ME. demeane n. (cf. Demayne v.): cf. e.m.E. mine (1593), meane (1596), and F. mine expression, aspect of countenance.] Bearing, carriage; conduct. — 1513 Doug. viii. xi. 20.
Thou mycht behaldin eik this ilk Porsen Lyke as he had dyspite, and bostand men 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 210.
To pleys his lufe sum thocht to flat and feyn, Sum to hant bawdry and onlesum meyn c1590 J. Stewart II. 31/37.
Bayard haid so guid ane natrall meine He vald not reullit be in ryding rycht
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