A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1500, 1604-1614
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Post-, Poistrum(e, n.2 [Aphetic f. Aposteme n., ? confused with Postrum n.1: cf. appostrum var. of Aposteme, and ME (Chaucer) and e.m.E. postum(e, -em, -om.] An abscess. — c1500 Rowll Cursing 45 (M).
Ane postrume [B. appostrum] or ȝit the parlasie a1605 Montg. Flyt. 324 (T).
Thy swyne poikis, the poistrume [etc.] 1614 in Melvill lvi.
Fra ane hudge quantitie of teuch humoris gathered togidder in his syd, in the forme of ane postrum
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