A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Oster, n. [e.m.E. hoster (c 1500, 1598) a hosteler or innkeeper.] An ostler, stableman. = Ostlar(e n. 2 b. —1703 Foulis Acc. Bk. 325.
To Jon. the oster for my horse
