Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SOOTH, v. To swoon.Slg. 1901 R. W. Buchanan Poems 44:
Flesh and blood couldna stan' it, And I clean soothed awa' at my ain Mary's door.