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Quotation dates: 1778-1779, 1899-1926
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UNSTOUT, adj. Also unstoot. Of persons: in poor health, weakly; not powerful or steadfast. See Stout, adj. Obs. in Eng.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 107:
Long to resist they seem'd unstout.Fif. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Gsw. XXXI. 40:
Stout means robust, and unstout weakly.Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 129:
A wiz sair fasht wi an unstoot man.
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