vouster Sc.
(ˈvaʊstə(r))
Also 6 wo(u)stour, woistare.
[f. prec.]
A braggart or boaster.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xiv. 41 Sic vant of wostouris with hairtis in sinfull staturis. 1513 Douglas æneid v. vii. 62 Bot war I now..ȝing as ȝone wanton woustour [v.r. woistare]..I suld all reddy be. a 1568 Nine Order Knaves 18 in Bannatyne MS. 447 He is als..he and prowd as ane vane woustour. 1670 Ray Prov. 276 Of vousters or new upstarts. 1710 Ruddiman Douglas's æneis Gloss. s.v. Woistare, Scot. Vouster, a boaster. |