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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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Quotation dates: 1550

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Nyte, adv. [Appar. F. net squarely, evenly, in such phrases as couper, casser, trancher net.] ? ‘Cleanly’, completely, utterly. —c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii. 229.
Thisbe wald tine hir self sa nyte [: smite, appetite] Caus Pyramus away and deid was quite

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