A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1597-1598
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Unbored, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. vnbored (1598); Borit ppl. adj.] Not pierced with a hole. —a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 408.
Of false persons … He will get credit of a house full of unbored milstones
