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

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1637

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(Rinnand-out,) Running-out, adj. [Rin(n)and ppl. adj. Cf. e.m.E. run out (of a vessel) to allow the contained water to escape (1530).] Of a vessel: That is leaking. —1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 258.
Alas, my riven dish and the running-out vessel can hold little of Christ Jesus

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