A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ux(s)ter, Wxtar, n. [Var. of Hukstar n.] One who buys and sells in a small way; a huckster, hawker. —1529 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II 16.
That na maner of wxtar man nor woman … tap nor sell buttir nor chese nor eggis in thar housis nor vthout … bot thai that cummis to the prouest and gettis leif fra him tharto 1529 Edinb. B. Rec. II 18.
That he sall obserue and keip the statut maid apone wxtaris anent the bying and selling of buttir cheise and eggis and all vther sicklik stuf 1542 Linlithgow B. Ct. 11 Oct.
That ne vxster by eggis buttir cheis nor foulis bot in the mercat 1681 Bk. Old Edinb. C. VIII 103.
John Marchell maltman & uxter
