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: 1577-1578
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Mere, n.3 (e.m.E. (1573–80) an arm of the sea.) —a1578 Pitsc. (1814) xvi.
The river of Forth … maketh gritt armes or meres, commonly called the Scottis sea