vousty, a. Sc.
(ˈvaʊstɪ)
Also 5 vowsty, 6 voustie, 7 vowstie.
[Cf. voust n. and v.]
† 1. ? Puffed up, tumid. Obs.—1
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecile) 536 A bose of wynd þat fillit ware, & with a prene mocht out be latine..and togiddire fal, & tyne þe vowsty blawing al. |
2. Boastful, proud.
| 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 212 Of quhilke victorie..tha war sa vane and voustie, that [etc.]. 1606 W. Birnie Kirk-Buriall (1833) 4 Euery Nation seruing it selfe with the owne vowstie deuise. 1789 Beattie To Alex. Ross xvi, And chiels shall come frae 'yont the Cairn-a-mounth right vousty. |