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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outside, -syde, n. [e.m.E. (1503).] a. At ane outsyde, from the outside, from a distance. b. The external side, the outside. Also about the outsydes (= outside) of. c. = Outfeild n. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 301/2.
And chapit him be the ost ane lyttill and at ane outsyde watchit him —1596 Dalr. I. 62/19.
The hail peple than … saw vpon the outsyde of this schip mony thousandis of sik lytle foules stiking to the schip 1670 Peebles B. Rec. I. 398.
To poynt and mend the hoilles of the outsyde of the toun wall 1685 Inv. Plenishing of Binns in Soc. Ant. LVIII. 353.
A Muscoviter silver dish … with the character about the outsydes of the mouth thereof —1641 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I. 282 (see Infeild n. (1)).
