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: 1630
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More, a.2 (Cf. More n.1 and e.m.E. moary (1581), moorie (1600), dark, dusky, black.) —1630 Drummond II. 55/189.
Night neither heere is faire, nor day hote-bright, But halfe white and halfe more
