Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

(Pusouning,) Pusenyng, vbl. n. Poisoning. = Poisouning vbl. n. —a1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 58.
The said wemen drunitt for the pusenyng of ane barne