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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hich, adv. Also: hiche, hych, high(e. [Var. of Heich adv.] High, on high, highly, etc.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 70.
The suerd ... Be borne suld highe before thé 1513 Doug. iii. viii. 130 (Sm.).
Hych in the skyis Ib. iv. viii. 79 (B).
Als far as his crop hych on breid Strekis in the air c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 199.
He is … hangit hich vpon ane tre (Lynd.) a1578 Pitsc. I. 212/11.
Thay clame so hiche Ib. 32/18.
He … that seittis … hichest vpone the quheill [of Fortune] a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 359.
I was affrayd to mount sa hich c1590 J. Stewart 152/10.
Titan new hich flammyng in his chair Ib. 155/13.
Ay the suyfter and moir hich thay brall c1610 Melville Mem. 100.
I said, the Quen dancit not sa hich and disposedly as she did 1675 Galston Kirk S. in Edgar Old Ch. Life 292.
[A delinquent ... pleaded] his inabilitie to stand high in the public place, by reason of a distemper in his head, and desired humbly that they would allow him to stand laigh in any place of the church thev pleased(2) 1596 Dalr. I. 223/23.
That na man … throuch vane glore began to crak hich(3) 16.. Hist. Kennedy 31.
My Lorde … wes hiche offenditt