| 释义 |
vousty, a. Sc.|ˈvaʊstɪ|
Also 5 vowsty, 6 voustie, 7 vowstie.
[Cf. voust n. and v.]
†1. ? Puffed up, tumid. Obs.—1
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecile) 536 A bose of wynd þat fillit ware, & with a prene mocht out be latine..and togiddire fal, & tyne þe vowsty blawing al.
2. Boastful, proud.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 212 Of quhilke victorie..tha war sa vane and voustie, that [etc.]. 1606W. Birnie Kirk-Buriall (1833) 4 Euery Nation seruing it selfe with the owne vowstie deuise. 1789Beattie To Alex. Ross xvi, And chiels shall come frae 'yont the Cairn-a-mounth right vousty. |