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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Eb, Ebb, n. Also: ebbe, eabe. [e.m.E. eb(b, ME. ebbe, OE. ebba.] The ebb of the tide; the part of the beach left bare at the ebb. 1488 Rec. Earld. Orkney 197.
Fra the hiest stane of the hill to the lawest stane of the eb c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxiii. 20.
Now eb, now flude, now freynd, now cruell fo 1531 Rec. Earld. Orkney 214.
Fra the hyest of the hill to the lawest in the ebbe 1621 Reg. Great S. 83/2.
Ad refluxum, the eb, aque de Taya super arenis 1633 Orkney Bp. Ct. 87 b.
Be vsing … of this extraordinar mean following, to wit, be taking of ane stone for the ebb and vther for the hill and the third for the kirkyaird 1649 Dingwall Presb. 144.
That fishers on the Lords day in ȝairs ebbe or anie other way be severelie censured (1587) Orkney & Sh. Rec. I. 210.]
[From the highest of the hilles to the lowest of the eabe