A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1494, 1549
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Ravisant, adj. [F. ravissant pres. ppl. of ravir.] Ravening. —1494 Loutfut MS 18a.
The wolf is a rauisant best 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 2/29.
The rauisant volfis of Ingland
