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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bak, Back, a. Also: bake. [From attrib. uses of Bak n.¹ See examples below.] Lying at the back or to the rear. (Cf. Bak adv. 2.)14.. Acts I. 42/2 (baith foir part and back part of the land). 1498 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 74 (at bak postrouns or ony other priuate places). 1501 Treas. Acc. II. 34 (wellus to be bak quartaris of the Kings cote). 1527 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 230 (within the said Georgis bak waist land). 1534 Glasgow Prot. IV. 71 (ane foyr and ane bak wver howse). 1592 Edinb. Test. XXIV. 213 (the foiralmoushous, the bakalmoushous). 1605 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 174 (George Elphinstonis foir and bak place). 1611 Reg. Panmure I. xci (northward to the bak hills of Carmyly). 1638 Aberd. Univ. Rec. 410 (the bake batalling of the kirk).