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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Buxum, Buksum, a. [ME. buxum, etc., early buhsum: cf. Bowsum a.] a. Obedient. b. Well-favoured, handsome. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 1029.
He thame wan, … And gert thame tyll hym buxum [C. bowsum] be
1600 Acts IV. 209/1.
The said Andro had ane vther dowblit on him nor he vsit commounlie, and wes mair buksum

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