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† boutgate Obs. Sc.
[f. bout, aphet. f. about + gate, going.]
lit. A going about; hence, ambage, circumvention; equivocation, quibble.
1591R. Bruce 11 Serm. T ij a (Jam.) The boutgates and deceites of the hearte of man are infinite. 1657S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 138 They bring but bout-gates, and golinzies. a1734Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 463 Witnesses to his shifting and boutgates. 1768Ross Helenore 79 (Jam.) Nory..Made shift by boutgates to put off the day. |