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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1596, 1652
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Bowt, Bout, v. [Later form of Bolt v.] intr. To start, spring, dart.With adverbs, as up, furth, fordwart, out; also, to move up and down with the body. c1420 Wynt. ix. 876 (C).
He bowtyt [R. boltyd] vp weil nere thaim by Withe twelf displayit baneris 1513 Doug. v. vi. 58.
Befor thame all furth bowtis with a bend Nysus a far way c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 519.
He … bowtit fordwart with ane bend a1500 Henr. Fab. 280/111 (B).
Scho bowtit vp and foirsit hir to swyme c1590 J. Stewart 90/368.
Ane fluid aboundant bouting out besprent His boudin brest 1596 Dalr. I. 301/16.
Malcolme in a furie in the mid feild fercelie boutes 1652 Elgin Rec. II. 281.
He saw him bouting down and up as if he had bein setting plants
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