Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1724
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‡SHOO, v., tr. Sc. form of Eng. sue, ‡to woo, court. For the phonology cf. Shoot.Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 60:
Then, doughter, ye should na be so ill to shoo.