A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Metrist,) Metrost, n. [e.m.E. metriste (1550), med. L. metrista f. metrum Meter n.] A writer of verse, a (more or less skilled) versifier. —1535 Stewart 49831.
Ane freir, Ane versifier … , In Lating toung ane metrost [sic in pr.] wes he
