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Quotation dates: 1590
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Wilȝart, adj. (f. Wild adj. wild, not domesticated or Wil(l adj.1 wandering. Also in the later dial.) —1590 Burel Pilgr. i 84.
Quhiles wandring, quhiles dandring, Like royd and wilȝart rais