waistgude

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Noun[edit]

waistgude (plural waistgudes)

  1. Alternative spelling of wastegood
    • a. 1522, Gawin Douglas, “King Hart”, in The Poetical Wworks of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld[1], volume 1, Edinburgh: William Paterson, published 1874, page 95:
      Ȝit Honestie [culd] keip him fayr farrand, / And Waistgude followand him quhair euer he fure.
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