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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1509
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(Out-,) Owtchist, n. ? Irregular or erroneous variant of Outcast attrib. and so = Outbrek n. — 1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 84.
At the decerning and devyding of inskyftis, touneland and owtchistis pertening to the fyff d. land
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