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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Borowstoun, Borrowstoun, n. Also: borousto(u)ne, borows-, borovstoun; borroustoun(e, borrowstone, -town, borrowis-, borrestoun, borroughstowne. [Common variant of Burrowstoun.] A borough. Also attrib.(a) 1425 Acts II. 10/1.
Hostelaris in boroustounis and throuchfaris
c1515 Henr. Asl. MS. II. 141/3.
Off twa mys … Off quhom the eldar in a borowstoun … wonnyt
Ib. (heading).
The tale of the wplandis mous and the borowstoun mous
1549 Compl. 167/12.
There is nocht ane boroustone nor landuard paris vitht in the realme, bot [etc.]
1596 Dalr. II. 89/24.
Als in this parleament, to lardes, baronis, and boroustoun men, is commendet the biging of schipis
c 1613 Haddington Corr. 125.
My desir is to be quhair ye ar, quhether it be in landuart, or the boroustoune
(b) 1514 Acta Conc. MS. XXVI. 169.
That the proclamatioun of the decret … be proclamit in all borrowstownys neidfull
c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 89.
I wald thay borrowstounis barnis had breikkis
Ib. 153.
Baith throw the land and borrowstounis
?1549 Monro W. Isles 15.
In this ile ther is twa paroche kirks, that ane … in the borrowstone of Buitt
a1585 Maitland M. Q. i. 1.
Sum wyfes of the borroustoun Sa wonder vaine ar and wantoun
Ib. vi. 20.
All borrowis [E. burrowis] tounis
1587-99 Hume iii. 29.
In cittie nor in borroughstowne May nane set foorth their heid
1644 Acts VI. 142.
Borrowstoun kirkis being alwayes excepted
1652 Fam. Burnet 282.
In any borrestoun she pleaseth to dwell in

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