A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1508, 1629
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Smoch, Smush, Smust, adj. Also: (snoch). (? Prosthetic s- + Moch adj. rotten, fusty.) —a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 364.
Thou wald be fayn to gnaw … Undir my burd smoch [B. snoch, M. smust] banis behynd doggis bakkis 1629 Boyd Balm of Gilead 107.
He … seeth him gaping for lyfe lyke a hungry dogge gaping for a smush bone
