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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: 1491-1686

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Refus(e)ar, -fuis(s)er, -ar, n. Also: refuss-, rafuser and -are, -or. [e.m.E. refuser (1474); Refus(e v.] One who refuses (to do something); a denier (of something to another); a rejector (of something).Freq. applied to a person failing to comply with church, also civil, regulations. Cf. e.m.E. refuser = a recusant (‘common in the 17th c.’, OED).(1) 1491 Acts II 226/1 (see Refus(e n.1 b (1)).
Refusare
1531 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 252b.
It salbe lefull to the … officiaris of the town to geir on the rafuserris bring thair skaris to the dur
1567 Reg. Privy C. I 535.
The refusaris and contravenaris to be secludit fra the bosum of the kirk
1638 Spalding I 109 (see Refus(e v. 9 b).
Refusearis
a1650 Row 34.
And ordaines refuisers to be excommunicat
1676 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS 20 Nov.
Sua they continue the filling up of the nomber of the refuissers
(2) 1544 Boyd Fam. P. No. 24 (13 Oct.).
That ane sall offir the samyn to that vther for the awaill befor ony vtheris and the saids partiis tak the first refusars therof
1550 Reg. Privy C. I 106.
The disobearis and refusaris of the said mony
1550 Ib. 110.
All the refussaris of the said mony gudis
1590 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I 351.
That … the said conseruatour vplift of ilk refuisar and dissobeyar of his charge fourtie schillingis grite
1610 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 79.
The refusar of aill to nychtbouris to be delt at the croce
1646 Acts VI i 554/1.
The act … against the refuseris of the league and covenant of the thrie kingdomes
1597 Elgin Rec. II 57.
All persounes refusaris almous to the puiris bred to be summondit
(3) 1584 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I 185.
The refusaris to pay
1588 Edinb. Presb. 24 Sept.
Thai vald proceid againes [him] as ane papist apostat & a refusor to subscrywe
1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 93.
Libertie of frie quarteres upon … refuisers or delayers to mak peyment or to give obedience
1640 Acts V 270/2.
The said … covenant to be … suorne by the whole memberis of parliament … the refuisseris to subscrybe … shall have no … voyce in parliament
1640 Aberd. B. Rec. III 251.
The penalties againes refuisaris to sell at the prycis foirsaidis
1686 Murray Kilmacolm 71.
That … the refuisors and disobiders [sic, ? for disobeyars] to accept of publik offices … be severely punishable, yet [etc.]

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