A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Upflaw, -flow, v. [Flow v.] intr. To flow up or back. —1513 Doug. viii ii 46.
Tybyr his swelland fludis … cawmys … The streme bakwartis vpflowys [Sm. vpflawis, Ruddim. vpflowis] soft and still
