A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1598, 1649-1666
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Interim, n. [e.m.E. (1579), L. interim adv.] An interval of time. —1598 Chart. St. Giles, p. cxiii.
That the tolbuith may serve for ane interim … to the south west quarter 1649 Macgill Old Ross-shire 35.
In the interim there comes ane letter from Robt. Gray off Skibo 1666 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 23.
The comitty [is] to take such course for the interem as they shall think fitt