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Quotation dates: 1475
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Westermar, Westir mair, adv. [Wester adj.] More towards the west, further west. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i 307.
Wallace ansuerd, said; ‘Westermar [1570 Westir mair] we will Our kyne ar slayne, and that me likis ill’