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: 1665-1667
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Zest, interj. (18th c. Eng. zest (1705), F. zest an exclamation accompanying a swift action, orig. imitating the sound of a blow (Larousse).) —1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 70.
The hangman takes a … cloath … which he thrustes doune the throat of him … then zest with violence pules furth the cloath al ful of blood
