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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1513-1692

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Apart, Apairt, adv. [ME. apart (14th c.), F. à part. In Sc. app. after Eng. use.] Apart, aside.(a) 1513 Doug. vi. xi. 50 (within a vale fer thens closyt apart). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2873 (scho laid apart hir awin cleithyng). 1578 Reg. Privy C. III. 18 (that all querellis be laid apart).(b) 1558-66 Knox II. 423 (thai drew thame selfis apairt). c1614 Mure Dido i. 186 (Juno doth apairt her passion vent). 1657 Balfour Ann. I. 76 (apairt from his traine). 1692 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 582 (contained in a peaper apairt).

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