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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1569-1586
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Scout, n.5 (ME and e.m.E. scoute ‘a term of contempt applied to both men and women’ (OED); c1380).) — a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 171/72.
Ane bostour no man doutis Bot schent and schamit is with scoutis
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