A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Outstanding, vbl. n. [Stand v.: cf. Outstandern.] Resistance, opposition. —c1650 Spalding I. 231.
Bot Banf payit seveirlie for his outstanding, and wes cruellie pvnishit and oppressit in his estait 1657 Cullen Kirk S. 17 May.
Compeired Agnes Jonstone, & was comitted to prisone by the magistrat for her cursing and outstanding
