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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cut, ppl. a. Also: cutt, cwt(t, cout, cute, cuit. [f. the verb. Cf. Cuttit.] Subjected to cutting, in various applications. Also with out.(1) 1531 Glasgow Prot. IV. 40.
Ane born and twa cwtt rudis of land
1535 Ib. 77.
Twa ryggis and ane cwt ryg, lyand in the sayd croft
1561 Ib. III. 2.
The cut rig lande lyand in Langcroft
(2) 1583 Edinb. Test. XIII. 44 b.
Ane pund wecht of cut threid
1632 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. . 235.
Ane naipkine of quhyt holland cloth, wroght in cutt work with gold and silk
1644 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 56.
My cout diamont ring … and the ring with the sayx diamonts
1692 Pr. Inchmahome 158.
Ane cout out stuff dublet
(3) 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII. 243.
Certane rew and cuit towbacco
1643 Ib. LX. 239 b.
Ane hundreth and aucht pund weycht … of cutt and dry tobaccoe
1646 Ib. LXLI. 75 b.
xlviij pund wecht of cute & dry commone tobacoe
ellipt. 1652 Stirling B. Rec. II. 314.
For ane pund cutt and dry and 3 dozen pypes

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