A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549, 1627-1628
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Eicht, Eycht, num. and a. [e.m.E. eight, eyght. Cf. Eght.] a. Eighth. b. Eight. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 162/5.
Kyng Henry the eycht —1627 Haddington Corr. 157.
This morning at eicht hours 1628 Colquhoun Chart. III. 199.
Of the quhilke thair ar eicht schippis
