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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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Abscond, v. [L. abscondere; cf. Absconce,v. In Eng. in this sense during 17th c.] tr. To hide. — c1590 J. Stewart 67/87.
As litill lambe … Absconding it in busse not to be seine
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