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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1460-1574
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Voust, Wo(u)st, n. Also: vo(i)st. [? Altered f. Bost n. Also in the later dial.] a. = Bost n. 1, bragging, vaunting. b. = Bost n. 2, threatening. c. transf. Of the sound of the sea. d. fig.a., b. 1513 Doug. x vi 80.
As Pharon cryis and dois rowst With haltand wordis and with mekill woust [Ruddim. voust] 1513 Doug. xi xiii 133.
Lyght on this plane and hand for hand … Address ws to debait … Thar sall thou se … Quhamto this wyndy glor, voust [Ruddim. voist], or avantis The honor … grantis 1535 Stewart 57697.
Sen sua it is that I heir ȝow produce Sic voust and vant of manlines and ruce 1574 Cal. Sc. P. V 16.
[I am not so simple as you had me. Experience has made me. Without] voust [the painful life that I have led] may say it ower sicker(b) 1460 Hay Alex. 4499.
Dare king of kingis … With all the vant voust and the vaneglore [etc.]c. 1513 Doug. iii viii 98.
We hard the iawpys bete, and at the cost A hydduus brayng of brokyn seys bost [C. vost, Ruthv. voist, Ruddim. boist]d. a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow Prol. 34.
The lyfe is gone … The begynnyng thay say was bot a wost
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