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Inwith, prep. and adv. (a.) Also: -uith, -wyth. [ME. inwith, -wið (a 1225), prep. and adv.: cf. Within. After c 1420, chiefly Sc. Cf. Inouth.]
A. prep. 1. Within, inside of (a place, or a boundary of some kind). Freq. coupled with outwith.(1) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. I. 252.
Inwith the water the noyis dois not abound Ib. 259.
Thair is na air inwith waters nor seis 1509 Prestwick B. Rec. 41.
Ane hows of his inwyth the burgh 1513 Doug. x. xi. 32.
Turnus … spedis to this schyp, … and inwith burd can skyp 1542–3 Lanark B. Rec. 20.
That na out burges mak merchandise … inwyth the burche 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 196.
To find stringis to all the bellis inwith the stepill Brus (1571) v. 348.
Inwith the chancellIb. xi. 599. 1572 Peebles B. Rec. 344.
All vagabundis that hantis … inwith the liberte of burgh(2) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 97/10.
He gart leif wide boundis baith outwith and inwith the wallis, callit Pomerie 1552 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 165.
That na maner of woll … be strikin up other inwith buithis or outwith 1568 Ib. III. 258.
To … cast doun all houssis jonyt to the toun wallis vtouth and inwith the samyn 1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 162.
My wyf to be … intromissatrix with my haill gudis & geir inwith & outwith Scotland 1609 Breadalbane Doc. No. 385.
To schute … nather at deir nor ro inwith nor outwith the said forrest 1622-6 Bisset I. 299/26.
[To] tak the guidis that occupyis the ground inwith the house and outwith
b. On the inner side of. 1535 Stewart 51442.
Intumulat in Drumfermling … Ben in the queir sum thing inwith his quene 1602 Reg. Great S. 485/2.
Lineallie be the sey side to ane grit craigstane being inwith the fluid mark
2. a. At less than, under (a certain price or value or a certain age).(1) 1556 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 249.
To big ane myln … on his awne expens inwith the sowme of four scoir pundis 1576 Orkney Oppress. 48.
Thair gudis and geir war comprysit, meikle inwith the avale(2) 1568 Waus Corr. 41.
Fowrscoir scheipis inwith fowr yeir auldis
b. Within, during (a period of time). 1585–6 Montgomery Mem. 227.
Being … informit inwith the nycht of his meitting the lord Sempill
c. In (one's keeping or possession). 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV. 255 b.
Guidis geir … belanging to hir inwith or outwith hir possessioun
B. adv. Within, inside. a1500 Seven S. 2198.
Couth thir sevyn bulleris slokinnit be Outwith as inwith ȝe suld wele se c1420 Wynt. iii. 966 (W).
The fyre outwith kyndillit sa fast Till the smyth inwith at the last … wes dede 1531 Bell. Boece II. 227.
This toure was apparalit inwith with riche tapestreis 1587 Acts III. 522/1.
That the mouth [of the firlot] be reyngit about with a circle of girth of irne inwith and outwith 1595 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 587.
Spargeing the sangscoole in the new kirkȝaird inwith and outwith Ib.
That the … edge of the bottom … be paviit outwith toward the nethir syde and to be maid inwith plane and iust rewll richt 1618 Acts IV. 586/2.
C. adj. a. Within a country, civil, domestic (war). b. Inside, inner, interior. a. a1538 Abell 29 b.
He kepit trewis with the Romanis Britonis and Pichtis bot he had inwith batelb. 1613 Soc. Ant. X. 222.
To thrie men that calffit the outwith buird and inwith buird
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