Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†OUTMAKE, v. 1. To make up a number with, to supplement.Sc. 1827 W. Motherwell Minstrelsy (1873) 68:
For it's seven king's daughters I have drowned here, And the eighth I'll out make with thee.
2. In vbl.n.; implementation, fulfilment.Sc. 1718 Scotland's Present Circumstances 85:
He refreshes them again with the Impliment and out-making thereof.
