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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1531, 1612
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Stuffit, Stuift, Stowitt, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. stuffid (c1400), stuffede (1467), stuft (Shakespeare); Stuf(f v.1] a. Of a garment, bed, etc.: Filled with some sort of stuffing material, distended in this way; padded; stiffened. b. Of a soldier: ? Equipped with padding worn under armour or ? an irreg. form of Stout adj. —a. 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II 35.
For ix stuffit feddir beddis brocht furth of Flandrez to the king; ilk bed lviij s. 1612 Brechin Testaments II 230b.
Scho lewiffis to Christane Mathow ane velves pairtcleit with ane pair stuift sleiffis —b. 1531 Bell. Boece II 77.
iij batallis of Ireland men … The first wes of lycht bodin men, archearis, castaris of dartis and slongis. The secund wes of stowitt [1821 stout] men, armytt with coittis of mailȝee and lang swerdis
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