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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1641
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Hous, v. Also: house, hows(e, howis. [ME. howse, house (1390), OE. húsian, ON. húsa.] tr. To take or put into a house; to provide with a house or shelter; to store in a house or building.(1) c1420 Wynt. v. 5090.
Spend but sparyng may hyr spows, Swa huld a hwsy that can hows 1471 Peebles B. Rec. 167.
That na swyn be fundyn on the gat bot [be] houssyt and bandyt c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 28.
I wald at Ȝoull be housit and stald c1500-c1512 Ib. 71.
Tak in this gray hors, … Gar hows him now aganis this Ȝuill 1549 Banff Ann. I. 25.
To howis, harbory [etc.] ... ony ... trawellers 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 65.
Thai howsit Alexander Guthrie in the said Alexanderis writting buith 1639 Lanark B. Rec. 133.
That nae friemen … tyse, hous, harbour, nor resset the servand or prenteis of ony wther frie men of the said craft(2) 14.. Acts I. 335/2.
Fyscharis … hous fische and saltis 1434 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 391.
That na fischar of sawmound … house nane but thai be tane vndir nycht 1439 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 6.
[They] sall be welcum to sell thair victuals … and house it gif thai list 1482 Edinb. Chart. 169.
That na maner of stapill gudis … be housit langare in Leith … than it may be cartit and brocht to the tovn 1519 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 190.
At na meill be howsit quhill iiij houris after none 1538–9 Master of Works Accounts VI. 28.
To vj werkmen berand the … aikin tymmer … to the lyme hous … quhare it wes howsit 1565 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 480.
That nane … sall brek bouk nor mak merchandice quhill the time that thair gudis be housit 1603 Reg. Great S. 517/1.
That na maner of stapill guidis of strangeris … be howsit langar in Leyth … than it may be carrit … to our said burgh 1641 Stirling Chart. 149.
Vna cum eschaetis dictorum commeatuum ... in manibus mangonum ... existentum sive penuariis impositorum lie houseit
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