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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Revewe,) Review, n. [e.m.E. reviewe the act of looking over something again (1565), OF reveue (1155 in Wartburg), f. revoir.] A general account or criticism of a literary work. Cf. 18th c. Eng., in this sense (1712). —1649 R. Baillie A Review of Doctor Bramble … his Faire Warning (title).
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