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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Post,) Poist, n.4 (F. poste a small leaden bullet of which several are used together to charge a gun or pistol (1680 in Hatz.-Darm.), of unknown origin; also mod. Shetl. dial. ‘one of the small lead pellets which are used as shot in shooting with a fowling-piece’.) —1570 Canongate Ct. Bk. 187.
The pistole quhairwith Johne Ralstoun wes apprehendit wes chargit with poistes Ib. 188.
