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: 1565-1579
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Tousting, vbl. n. [Toust v.] The act of taxing a person; taxation. —1565 Calderwood II 574.
By the taxing and tousting of her Majestie's barons 1579 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I 78.
Diuers ar extortionat be the tousting vsit vpoun thame
