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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mortifyeing, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (Shakespeare).] ? That causes death (cf. Mortify v. 1 e), deadly, excessively strong (liquor). —1689 Siege Castle Edinb. 60.
They drank a health to the King … in a mortifyeing liquor

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