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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

(Fore-,) Foirsail(l, n. [e.m.E. foresaile, late ME. foreseile (1481–90).] A fore-sail. —1549 Compl. 40/32.
Hail eftir the foir sail scheit a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxlvi. 20.
Of hie landis thair may cum flaggis, … And ryve ȝour foirsaill all in raggis 1614 Soc. Ant. X. 224.
Canues to be … cors and bonnet of a foir saill

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