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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1653-1682
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Tout, Toote, v.1 [e.m.E. tote (1510), tout (1549), tute (1570), toot (1595), MLG tûten.] tr. a. To sound (a horn). b. To shout, call out (something). c. intr. To proclaim, shout. Also tr., to tout another tune, = to change one's tune, change one's opinion. —a. 1682 Fountainhall Decis. I 182.
Sir William [etc.] … conveened for the riot … for suffering Brown then preaching and praying to be affronted by boys who touted horns —b. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii xx 143.
They to toote, Draw, give (page) some wine here reach hither —c. 1662 Sempill P. lxv.
Let those brosie pack tout on They are poor fools and silly They'll tout another tune I true When Charlotte gets a billy
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