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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: 1590-1626
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Alloat, Alote, Sc. forms of allot v. (indicating a long or close o). — c1590 Fowler 100/82.
Curtius. That to the Cawe did … all alote 1626 Garden Worthies 55.
France does alleadge she did alloat the lands
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