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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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Buffet, Buffit, v. [ME. buffeten (a 1225), boffate, OF. buffeter.] tr. To beat or buffet. — a1400 Leg. S. i. 658.
Paganis and Jowis fellely [to] Buffit thame dispituisly
Ib. xlvii. 57.
Thane gert he buffit hir rycht sare

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