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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Daylicht, n. Also: da licht, day lycht, lyght. [ME. day-, dai-light, -liȝt (c 1200). Cf. Dayis licht.] Daylight.1456 Hay I. 42/32.
He … vanyst fra thair sicht … on day lycht c1450-2 Howlat 63.
Be I sene … To luke out on day licht, Sum will me dulfully dicht 1515 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 156.
Till hald thair loft and buith oppin on the day lycht 1535 Stewart 21770.
Ilkone … stark watchis maid that nicht, Quhill on the morne that it wes fair da licht 1553 Reg. Privy C. I. 148.
Upon fair day lycht, at x houris afore none 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 337.
It was evin, at the away-ganging of the day licht 1578 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 82.
The … keparis of the poirtis on the daylicht
