A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456, 1577-1578
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Musticat, Muscatie, Mustakit n. [Irreg. or corrupt forms, repr. F. muscat a. (and n.), muscat wine, muscatel: cf. also late e.m.E. (1655) and mod. Eng. muscat, and Muscade.] —1456 Hay II. 144/10.
Gif he war be ony cas our calde, he suld us a serop calefactiff and of ane electuare mustakita1578 Pitsc. I. 337/1.
All kynd of drink as aill, beir, wyne … , mallvesie, musticat [I. muscatie] and allacant
