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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Doun-, Down-passing, vbl. n. Also: doune-, downe-. [Doun adv. 1.] Setting (of the sun) . Freq. in 16th c. 1481 Buccleuch Mun. II. 77.
Upon a day betuix the rising of the sone and downpassing of that ilk 1492 Highland P. II. 192.
Apone a day betuix the uprising of the sone and the doune passing of the samyn 1537 Grant Chart. 271.
Wpone ane daye abetuxe the sone rising and downe passing of the samyne 1555 Prot. Bk. T. Dalrymple 8.
Ramanand still at the said hie altar … fra ane eftirnone quhill the dovn passing of the sonne 1573 Prot. Bk. A. Lawson 24 b.
Betuix aucht and nyne houris at ewin eftir the doun passing of the sone 1591 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 53.
That thai keip the dur of the said hospitall fast and clois fra the dounpassing of the sone to the rysing thairof 1641 Acts V. 589/1.
Fra the sune rysing to the downe passing of the samen