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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See bounteth.

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Examples

  • —But I hope my mistress’s is a good will for a’ that, for it would be hard on me to lose the wee bit legacy—I served for little fee and bountith, weel I wot.

    Chapter XXXIX 1917

  • ` ` Woman, '' reiterated the traveller, ` ` do you think we can stand here all day till you have cheated that poor servant wench out of her half-year's fee and bountith? ''

    The Antiquary 1845

  • Cromwell, go wi 'ye, if ye gie them either fee or bountith, or sae muckle as a black pair o' cheverons! ''

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • In this proposal there was much that pleased old David, -- there was bed, board, and bountith -- it was a decent situation -- the lassie would be under

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • In this proposal there was much that pleased old David, -- there was bed, board, and bountith -- it was a decent situation -- the lassie would be under

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • But I hope my mistress's is a good will for a 'that, for it would be hard on me to lose the wee bit legacy; I served for little fee and bountith, weel I wot.'

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • But I hope my mistress's is a good will for a 'that, for it would be hard on me to lose the wee bit legacy; I served for little fee and bountith, weel I wot.'

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • But I hope my mistress's is a good will for a 'that, for it would be hard on me to lose the wee bit legacy; I served for little fee and bountith, weel I wot.'

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Woman," reiterated the traveller, "do you think we can stand here all day till you have cheated that poor servant wench out of her half-year's fee and bountith?"

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Woman," reiterated the traveller, "do you think we can stand here all day till you have cheated that poor servant wench out of her half-year's fee and bountith?"

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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