A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1500-1599
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Marine, Maryn, Maring, n. and a. [ME. maryn n. (14th c.), maryne a. (15th c.), F. marin masc., marine fem.] a. n. The sea-shore. b. a. and adv. By or of the sea. —a. ?1438 Alex. ii. 2926.
‘Quhair is the man … ?’ Said Cassamus, ‘sueit cousing, Here ludgeand thame on this maring [F. ce rochier]’b. 15.. Clariodus v. 2672.
Thay … raid to the port marine [: defyne] c1590 J. Stewart II. 40/372.
Euerie ane constraind … to preserwe tham from this maryn rout
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