A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1501, 1585
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Perusing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1488).] The action of Peruse v. 2. —1501 Charteris Doug. Pal. Hon. Pref.
That the beneuolent reidar may haue the mair delyte … in reiding and the mair frute in perusing this … work 1585 James VI Ess. 20.
I was moued by the oft reading and perusing of them