A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Outin-,) Outtintoun, -town(e, Outen-town, attrib. [Cf. Out-toun.] In the region of the Clyde Estuary: Outintounis. —1681 Stair Inst. ii. vii. 15.
[Yet those who come to a mill without astriction … are understood thereby to agree to the ordinary multures of corns not astricted, which are called] outen-town multures 1595 Irvine Mun. II. 39.
Act of Deprivatioun of the outtintoun burgessis 1655 Rothesay B. Rec. 258.
Outtin towne and lanwart bairns tuell schilling quarterlie
