put to the horn

verb

To outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.

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Meanings

verbput to the horn (third-person singular simple present puts to the horn, present participle putting to the horn, simple past and past participle put to the horn)

present singular third person puts to the horn · participle present putting to the horn

  1. historicaltransitiveScots lawTo outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.
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