Sc. Also 6 vost. [Cf. prec.] intr. (and trans.). To boast, to brag.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XII. viii. 84. Hir brothir Turnus in his char, Now brawland in this place, now voustand thar.
1742. Forbes, Ajax, 9. Yet as he did o’ slaughter voust I len’d him sik a dird.
1790. Shirrefs, Poems, p. vii. When e’en th’ Apollo o’ the class Mith voust upon it.
1794. W. Farquhar, Poems Sev. Occas., 182. For mysel’, I sanna voust my kin. There’s no ane here, but kens the Merchin’ weil.
Hence Vousting vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (Rolls), II. 362. Euerie man hes left of vousting vant.
1580–90. J. Stewart, Poems (S.T.S.), II. 150. Is it not vousting vaine to say to Men, Mend may all thing by help of guid vemen?
1600. Hamilton, Facile Traictise, 37. This is … thair auin folische vosting to haue the libertie to reid their saluation in the scriptures.
1813. W. Beattie, Poems, 34. For a’ your last nights Vousting.
