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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Outouth,) prep., adv. and a. Also: outt-, owt- and -outht, -oucht, -owthe, -uth(t, -out; outhouth, -ouht, outtith, otowth, ewteuth; and Outow. [Sc. var. of Outwith: cf. also Utouth (and ? Outh) (and cf. In(n)outh beside Inwith).] Outside (of). = Outwith.a. prep. (1) 1375 Barb. viii. 90 (E), 448 (E) (see Outow).
Otowth, owtouth a1400 Leg. S. l. 1104.
The tyrand gert hir furth be had Outhouth the ȝeittis of the cite 1464 Peebles B. Rec. I. 150.
Outoutht 1476 Acta Aud. 54/2.
The said brefe [being] seruit ewteuth the said schire 1524 Selkirk B. Ct. fol. 109 a.
To waik outhouht the town 1540–1 Elgin Rec. I. 57.
To landwart and outtouth the boundis of the said brucht 1541 Ib. 65.
That na maner persone by vittellis nor fysch outout the commond merkat 1551 Hamilton Cat. 16.
Quha ar outtith the haly Kirk(2) 1398–9 Acts I. 211/1.
Bath in to regalitez and owtuth 1429–30 Acts Jas. I in Ayr B. Ct. 6 Mar.
With in court or owtutht 1462 Peebles B. Rec. I. 147.
Outtoutht 1471 Ib. 167.
Innowth hous na oututhous 1502 Stirlings of Keir 279.
In jugement or owtouth 1532 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 127.
Quhair thai be within or outoucht our burghb. adv. a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 170.
& the wallis oututh ennoyntc. adj. 1584 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 114.
All outowthe strangeris