A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1561-1563, 1632
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Northmost, a. [Cf. 18th c. Eng. northmost (1720).] = Northmest. —1561–3 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 383.
Ane greit corbell to be the north most windo dormound 1632 Lithgow Trav. 109.
The northmost ile of the Syclades