A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1626
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Attemp(t, n. [e.m.E. attempt (c 1534), from Attempt, v.] An attempt. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 96/9 (to assist his attemptes and interpryssis). 1611 Mure Misc. P. ii. 76 (to make the wretch repent his bold attemps). 1626 Garden Worthies 59 (my practeises and my attemp's).
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