A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Contigwis, -ewis, a. [L. contiguus.] Contiguous. —1500 Caldwell Fam. P. 52.
The said lord sall compleit alsmekile as wants thairoff [from the] maist contigewis tharto of his propir landis 1641 Acts V. 508/2.
The nixt and contigwis schirefdomes
