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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1584-1585

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Snasting, ? misread for snafling (Snevilland ppl. adj.). —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 556 (H).
Contogious cankers carues his snasting [T. sneivilling, Hart, 1629 (Cranstoun edn.) snafling] snoote

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