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▪ I. voust, n. Sc.|vaʊst|
Also 5 wous, 6 voist, wost, woust.
[Of obscure origin. Cf. next and vousty a.]
A boast, a brag, a vaunt.
a1500Ratis Raving 3032 Thai mak gret aithis for lytill thing, Great wous and gret manasing. 1513Douglas æneid x. vi. 80 And lo, as Pharon cryis and dois rowst With haltand wordis and with mekill woust. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 454 Sen sua it is that I heir ȝow produce Sic voust and vant of manlines and ruce. 1785Forbes Ulysses in Poems in Buchan Dial. 23 Whare then was a' your windy vousts? Ye that is now sae kneef! 1804Couper Poetry I. 159 Ye dames o' Scotland! sik your voust, And sik your fame sae sair.
▪ II. voust, v. Sc.|vaʊst|
Also 6 vost.
[Cf. prec.]
intr. (and trans.). To boast, to brag.
1513Douglas æneid xii. viii. 84 Hir brothir Turnus in his char, Now brawland in this place, now voustand thar. 1742Forbes Ajax 9 Yet as he did o' slaughter voust I len'd him sik a dird. 1790Shirrefs Poems p. vii, When e'en th' Apollo o' the class Mith voust upon it. 1794W. Farquhar Poems Sev. Occas. 182 For mysel', I sanna voust my kin. There's no ane here, but kens the Merchin' weil.
Hence ˈvousting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 362 Euerie man hes left of vousting vant. 1580–90J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 150 Is it not vousting vaine to say to Men, Mend may all thing by help of guid vemen? 1600Hamilton Facile Traictise 37 This is..thair auin folische vosting to haue the libertie to reid their saluation in the scriptures. 1813W. Beattie Poems 34 For a' your last nights Vousting. |