A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1600
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(Strauchtnes,) Straichtnes, n. [e.m.E. streightnesse (1530), straightnes (a1577); Straucht adj. 2 b.] Straightness of posture, erect bearing. —c1600 I. Arnot in Montg. Suppl. xxiii 2.
I serve ane dame moir quheiter than the snaw Quhois straichtnes dois the ceder treis exceid