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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Foreside,) For(e)-, Foirsyd(e, n. Also: foir-, forsyid, forsid. [ME. foresyde, forsyde (c 1400).] The front, or front part, esp. of a piece of land. Also attrib.(a) 1476 Ayr Friars Pr. Chart. 55.
Payand … out of the hale gronde foirsyde and baksyde sewyn schillyngis 1540 Reg. Privy S. II. 515.
To … have ane volt … on the baksyde and foirsyde of the said land and tenement 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 647/2.
Ane … frontell … for the foir syde of ane bede 1613–14 M. Works Acc. X. 9.
In the chalmer of dace & foirsyd thairof vij lossans 1616 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 339.
With hewen muildries the foirsyid of the pendis 1641
Ib. III. 270.
The foirsyd wall … of the said John Stevinsones booth doore(b) 1511 Dunferm. B. Rec. 297.
Wyth fre isch & entra at forsid and baksid 1543 Acts & Decreets MS. I. 561.
The said vmquhile Richert … biggit the said onsett houss, bakside, forsyde, kill & barn 1578 Rec. Earld. Orkney 354.
All … my tenementis of land, baksyd and forsyid 1646 Kelso Baillie Ct. MS. 87.
His putting on of ane ȝet or clos doore upon the forsyde of the said entrie
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