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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1620-1688
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Outcast, n. [Also in the mod. dial.: cf. also the mod. dial. to cast out, to quarrel.] A casting or falling out, a quarrel. = Outfall n.2 1620 Ritchie Ch. S. Baldred 191.
The minister shew to the elderis that thair was ane great outcast betwixt James Neilsone and his wyfe 1633 Ib. 239. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 530.
I tremble at the remembrance of a new outcast betwixt Him and me 1638 Johnston Diary I. 337. 1650 Lanark Presb. 79. 1656 Johnston Diary III. 25.
And heard of a strange outcast and contest at a drunken baptisme … that som wer killed and others wounded 1659-60 A. Hay Diary 214. 1661 Black Sc. Witches 41.
Thou is ane ill woman that sould say so, to mak any outcast among folks a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 376.
On the back of some agreement after an out-cast 1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 248.
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