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Out-hous(e, n. [e.m.E. (1533).] An outhouse. Also attrib. with -croft, -work. — 1604 Crim. Trials II. 428.
The said George darnit him selff and his servandis in ane out-hous belanging to the said Andro … quhair he remanit quyet 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 164.
O that I might but stand in Christ's out-house, or hold a candle in any low vault of His house 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 475.
And discharge preaching in out-houses and fields —attrib. 1589 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 16 Dec.
With wthir thre lytill ȝerdis … to be callit the outhous croft 1685 Sinclair Satan's Invisible World 144.
The woman was … a very useful servant to the minister there for all manner of out-house-work
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