A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1513, 1577-1585
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Almost, Almoist, adv. [Anglicized forms of Almast.] Almost. —1513 Doug. xi. xi. 30 (the Volscanys almost bylappit hym). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xliii. 41 (alhaill almoist thay mak the coist). a1578 Pitsc. II. 318/3 (almoist all this ȝeir). a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlvi. 162 (boun almost [Fol. almaist] to beg his breid).
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