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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Eght(e, num. [ME. eght (15th c.), eyght(e, etc., replacing Sc. Aucht. Cf. Echt, Eicht.] Eight. 1516 State P. (Reg. H.) No. 22.
A buste of dammas golde with eght pirnis 1638 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 277.
Eght ploghes, may hold weill 46 kyne 1657 Balfour Ann. II. 137.
Eurey morning at eghte a clocke 1650 Lamont Diary 22.
It stood him 18 thousande marke, wherof Robert Durie receaved eght c 1689 Melville Corr. 237.
Mr[s] Ogilbe was heir, but is gon from this … eght dayes ago
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