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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hous-side, -syde, n. [e.m.E. (1600).] The side of a house. —c1475 Wall. ii. 280.
Scho gert graith wp a burd be the hous side, Wyth carpettis cled 1513 Doug. xiii. iv. 80.
Lyke as … on the hous syde the snaill, Schakand hir coppit schell 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 212.
The cornes and hather whilk was cassin to the hous sydis
