stoutherien.
Obsolete exc. Scottish.
Theft, stealing; also stolen goods.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun]
theft688
stalec950
stealc1200
stoutha1300
stealing13..
stealtha1325
lifting1362
briberya1387
stoutheriec1440
larcenya1475
larcerya1500
conveyancea1529
thieving1530
bribing1533
larcinc1535
embezzling1540
embezzlement1548
thiefdom?1549
theftdom1566
bribering1567
milling1567
thievery1568
larcinry1634
panyarring1703
abduction1766
smugging1825
pickup1846
lurking1851
make1860
tea-leafing1899
snitching1933
lapping1950
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun]
theft962
bribec1425
stoutheriec1440
booty1567
thievery1583
snapping1591
filcha1627
pilferagec1626
swag1794
stealing1839
stuff1865
score1914
hot stuff1924
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 8 The money at þou hase taken of þi bruther, it is stoltherye.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 9 Euer sen I forsuke to take swilk stolethery I hafe abundid & waxin ryche of gudi[s].
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 222 Þe fadur þeroff, garte call it Latro, becauce it was getten be stoltherie.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin x. 92 To find oot the loons that had received the unleisum stoutherie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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