A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Elongate, p.p. and p.t. [L. ēlongātus p.p. of ēlongāre. In e.m.E. from c 1540 as verb.] Removed to a distance. —1533 Boece ii. xiii. 87 b.
Amang multitude of inemyis fer elongate fra oure kinrik Ib. iv. ix. 138 b.
Lewis and Skye, ilis maist elongate fra Scotland Ib. vi. iii. 190 b.
Reveling the tresoun of … Carance, quhilk on purpois had elongate him self for the tyme
