A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Amply, Ampley(e, adv. [e.m.E. (1557).] Fully. —1528 Douglas Corr. 124 (as mare ampley I have writtin); 132. 1583 Reg. Morton I. 138 ( … will lat ȝow mair amply vnderstand my mining = meaning).