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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ach, int. [Natural exclamation; still common.] Tuts! Oh! — a1540 Freiris Berw. 237.
‘Ach, quha be this that knawis sa weill my name?’
1628 Bk. Pasquils 64.
And what, ach, is worst …

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