Obs. Also 4–6 north. bost. A var. of BOIST, box, pyx. Cf. the forms BOUSTE, BUIST.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 14003. A bost [v.r. boist] sco has o smerles nummen.

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1535.  Stewart, Cron. Scot., III. 351. Tua bostis of gude wyne.

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 222. A Booste, boxe, pixis.

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1651.  Calderwood, Hist. Kirk (1843), II. 33. Adoratioun … and keeping of bread in boxes or boostes.

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