A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
S(c)hout, S(c)howt(e, v. Also: chout; schott. P.p. also shott. [ME and e.m.E. s(c)howte(n (14th c.), s(c)houte(n (both Chaucer); f. or f. as S(c)hout n.]Freq. coupled with Cry v.
1. intr. To utter a loud cry; to call out loudly.The Abell quot. may possibly be a further example of 3 a below; if so, the use of cry in a similar sense is otherwise unrecorded.a1500 K. Hart 439.
He schowtit fellonlie, And bad thame rys c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 123/7.
And I do lyke ane rid halk schout Ib. 202/44.
Ȝour burgh of beggeris is ane nest To schout thai swentȝouris will not rest 1513 Doug. iv iv 34.
The pepil of Creit [etc.] … Schowtand on thar gys with clamour and vocis hie a1538 Abell 97b.
With a company of ewill spretis sweland schowtand & criand scorgeand strikand & birnand him 1570 Sat. P. xiv 2.
With hauie hart, on Snadoun hill, Ane ȝoung king I hard schoutand schill … ‘Judge and reuenge my cause, O Lord’ a1578 Pitsc. I 208/5.
Bot at the last the theiffis of Annerdaill come in schotting and crying 1579 Reg. Privy C. III 107.
As he in his madnes hes sindrie tymes riddin day and nycht … , showtand and cryand maist feirfullie 1709 Fam. Rose 397.
Some … are said to have sung, shott and danced in their progress to the ferry
b. To cry out involuntarily, in pain or grief; ? to weep loudly.a1500 Seven S. 937.
The sisteris … stud nane aw To cry and schout as thai war wod c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 71.
With ane doig leich I schepe to gar thé schowt Id. Tua Mar. W. 109.
With his hard hurcheone scyne sa heklis he my chekis … I schrenk for the scharp stound bot schout dar I nought 1513 Doug. ii iv 39.
Vennom … infekkis the flesch … And tharwith eik sa horribilly schowtis he, His cryis dynnyt to the sternys on hie 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1340.
Scho cryit, schoutit and murnit monyfald, … It was greit pane hir for to se and heir 1600-1610 Melvill 19.
With hir speitches and teares sche maid me to quak and chout bitterlie
c. To shout, or call out, a warning; to raise a hue and cry.1562 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XV 49.
[Maxwell] ran towert the toun schowting and crying in furious maner to mak convocatioun of the lieges for invaiding of me 1569 Reg. Privy C. II 42.
In caise ony of the … brokin men sal … resort throw the boundis … , thair tenentis and servandis … sall raise the fray schout and birne baillis 1585–6 Ib. IV 56.
George Johnnstoun [etc.] … not onlie schoutit, rasit fray, and tuke part with the saidis fugitives, bot … persewit the said Capitane
d. To make a clamour; to protest publicly.1570 Sempill Sat. P. xii 77.
Lat vs ga cry and schout, For to retreit ȝone sentence justly geuin
e. Of a bird: To sing, or cry, loudly.c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 516.
Berdis schoutit in schaw with ther schill notis 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 106.
Hornyt Hebowd, quhilk we clepe the nycht owle, Within hir cavern hard I schowt and ȝowle a1568 Bann. MS 229a/32.
The mirthfull maveis merriest Schill schowttit throw the schawis Ib. 229b/115. c1590 J. Stewart 19/137.
The chirming birds againe did skirle and schout
f. Of the wind, or a wind instrument: To make a loud or high-pitched sound.1513 Doug. vii Prol. 85.
Wyde quhar with fors so Eolus schowtis schill 1535 Stewart 6601.
The schalmes schill schoutit with sic ane sound
g. Of a place: To re-echo, resound.1513 Doug. viii v 67.
Euery schaw Schowtis agane of thar clamour and dyn
h. To call on, attract the attention of (a person). Also fig.15.. Wyf Awcht. 98.
Than vp he gat on ane know heid On hir to cray on hir to schowt 1560 Rolland Seven S. 8475.
Thay [sc. ravens] rowp thay rair and euer schouts on me a1570-86 Maitl. F. 209/68.
Do iustice syn to ryche and pure That dois for succour on thé schout
2. tr. To utter (something) in a loud voice; to say loudly.With direct speech as object, also simple object, or infin.(1) a1500 Seven S. 453.
Scho … fled and schoutit and cryid, ‘Allace’ a1500 K. Hart 957.
Syn sall ȝe eftir faire Dame Dangeir schout And say … ‘This brokin speir sum tyme wes stiff and stout’ a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 550.
‘Out! out!’ I schout, ‘apon that snowt that snevillis’ 1513 Doug. v iii 87.
The egyrnes of thar frendis thame beheld, Schowtand ‘Row fast’, all the woddis resoundis Ib. vii vi 109.
Scho schowtis, ‘Hey how! Bacchus, god of wyne’(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 153/112.
Be he the correnoch had done schout Erschemen so gadderit him abowt 1513 Doug. iii i 128.
The sawle we bery in sepultur on this wys, The lattir hailsyng syne lowd schowtit thryse(3) 1618 Reg. Privy C. XI 398.
He chopped verie rudlie at the yet, crying and schouting unto the said Patrik to come furth, that he micht have his hairt blood
3. With a person as object. a. To shout at (someone); to shout insults at, also, to schout (someone) to schame, see S(c)ham(e n. 10 b. b. To raise a hue and cry after.a. 1375 Barb. ix 367.
Thai schowtyt him and skornyn mad 1626 Paisley Mag. (1828) 152/2.
The rascally women of the town … not only upbraided Mr. Robert with opprobrious speeches, and shouted and hoyed him, but likewise cast dirt and stones at himb. 1594 Reg. Privy C. V 141.
[To apprehend them if they can] or uthirwayes schowte thame, rais the fray, and giff advertisement to the magistratis
