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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Out-hound,) Out-hund, (Ount-), v. [Hund v. a and cf. Hound v. 5.] tr. To incite, egg on (to crime or mischief). — 1693 Fraser-Mackintosh Lett. Two Cent. 127.
James Grant … [who] commands the watch … was the man that ount [sic in pr.] hunded the Lochaber men, and sent with them to take up the goods
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