A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1600
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Wolffishe, adj. [e.m.E. wolfish (1570.] Like a wolf (Wolf(f n. 2). —1600 Melvill 467.
That keippars of the scheipe sould nocht to wolffishe fasones fall
