A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mouth-band, v. [f. an unrecorded noun, = something that constricts the mouth, something difficult to pronounce: cf. mou-, mow-ban(d in the mod. dial., = (1) n. a halter for a horse, (2) n. an utterance, (3) v. to utter, also, to utter with difficulty.] tr. To pronounce with difficulty. —1660 Laing MSS. I. 313.
Becaus the Ireish is so thronne mouthed a language that I could not mouth-band it
