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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Elevant, pr. p. [L. ēlēvans, pres. pple. of ēlēvāre.] Rising upwards. — a1568 Bannatyne MS 230 b/11.
Lyk ane bus that birnys in the fyre With flammys reid but fumys elevant
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