A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1530, 1590
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Updry, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. vpdried p.p. (c1440); Dry v.] a. tr. To remove, cause to dry up. Also fig. b. intr. To dry up, congeal. —a. 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 138.
The balmy droppis of dew Tytane vpdryis c1590 J. Stewart 31/64.
[She] hir hands began to vring, And doutfull dreid hir beutie brycht vpdryit —b. c1590 J. Stewart 21/243.
My bodie blaiknes, and my bluid vpdryis, For thé O fair
