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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: 1587-1599
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Beuf, n. [e.m.E. beuf (1523), bœufe (1601), F. bœuf.] An ox. — 1587-99 Hume ii. 179.
The busie beufs … teill the fertile ground
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