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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1611

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(Utterly,) Utterlie, adj.1 [17th c. Eng. outerly (a1642); Ut(t)er adj. 1.] Of a wind: Blowing outwards, offshore. —1611 Criminal Trials III 131.
Left his corps thair, to be cairied to the mayne sea be ane vtterlie wind
1611 Criminal Trials III 165.
Thay wer forced … to draw him in the sea, alsfar as they durst wade, hoping that ane vtterlie wind sould carie his deid corps to the coast of Ireland

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