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Quotation dates: 1791-1808, 1917
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BESTURT, v. Disturb. [bɪ′stʌrt]Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Besturted (pa.p.), startled, alarmed, affrighted.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 283:
An' warl's gear, for whilk a' bodies strive, Will ne'er besturt you a' the days ye live.Edb. 1917 T. W. Paterson The Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon xxix. 6:
But the upricht are nane besturtit ower't, Atweel! they gang on liltin blythely.
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