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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1501, 1573-1599, 1673
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Moutit, Mutit, Muttit, ppl. a. [Mout v.] a. ? That has ‘moulted’, bare: (of a branch) that has lost its leaves; (of a horse's tail) that has lost its hair; (of gloves) worn bare. b. Of a document: Worn away, crumbling into decay. —a. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 26.
Muskane treis … , all waist, widderit, with granis moutit [: routit, schoutit, doutit, sproutit] 1573 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 21 July.
The said gray hors … haiffand the markis followand … ane knot on his mayne regayne … ane moutit taill 1673 Edinburgh Testaments LXXIV. 281 b.
Ane pair of muttit gloves —b. 1599 Ayr Chart. 5.
Quhilk charter … be reassoun of the antiquitie thairof … is now becum mutit, dym, auld, and difficill to be red
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