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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outhald, -hauld, -had, v. P.p. uthalden. [North. e.m.E. owthald (1512), e.m.E. outhold (1577–8).] tr. and absol. a. To hold out or extend (one's hand etc.). b. To hold out or endure or withstand. c. To keep out (by force), exclude. —a. 1550 Reg. Privy C. I. 107.
All the saidis personis … hes uthalden his hand to the Quenis graceb. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 1722.
[He] with ane sworde sic straikis gaue vntald Thaire was nother helm nor hawbrek mycht outhauldc. 1516–17 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 78.
[Argyll, M^cClane and others … shall] outhald [them from the said lieutenandry] 1607 Buchan Cl. IV. 185.
Ordainit to get a common man to outhad strange beggars