A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1531, 1628
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Round, Rownd, v. [ME and e.m.E. round(e (c1400), rown- (Cursor M.); Round adj., ‘in early use perh. after OF rondir’ (OED).] tr. a. To cut (the hair of the head) closely; to crop (a person) in this way. b. To make round or curved. —a. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 399.
I sall degrade thé, … Ger round the hede, transforme thé till a fule c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 98/26.
Cuddy Rug the Drumfres fuill May him resave agane this Ȝuill, All roundit in to ȝallow and reid 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II 88.
He went to the abbaye of Sanctandrois quhair he rowndit his hede and levitt ane channoun regular —b. 1628 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 261.
For the water spoutis xii daillis roundit
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