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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1535
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Bod, p.p. or a. [? Reduced form of Bodin p.p.] Prepared, equipped. "It is a common proverbial phrase, in regard to any thing in which one has not succeeded on a former attempt, ‘I'll begin’, or ‘I'll set about it, new bod, new shod,'" Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, John Jamieson, Vol. I. (1825) s.v. Bod.— 1535 Stewart 53466.
Dauid Cuming, … New schot, new bod, quhair that he left befoir, Begouth agane the Scottis till oppres
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