A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1690-1700+
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Ill-set, ppl. a. [Ill adv. 1. Common in the mod. dialect.] ‘Evil-disposed, ill-conditioned’ (Jam.). — 1690 Cramond Kirk S. III. 29 May.
Her husband Richard Johnstoun. .is a malicious ill set person 1703 Cromarty Corr. I. 194.
No honest episcopall person needs think off living in that place nor in some other ill sett townes or villages
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