A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Lilting-horne, n. [ME. liltyng-, lyltyng-horn(e (14–15th c.).] A kind of horn or clarion. —1587-99 Hume 33/224.
The beastes … Quhilk soberly they hameward driue With pipe and lilting horne
