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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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Musket(t, a. [e.m.E. musked (1576).] Perfumed with musk. = Mustit. —c1590 Fowler I. 157/3.
Is this the muskett mouthe of maist sueit sent? a1649 Drummond I. Sonn. xlvi. 5.
Shee set her by these musket eglantines

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