A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outmast, -maist, a. [Var. of Utmast, assimilated to Out adv. (adj.), as also Outmest, Outmost.] a. Outermost, furthest outlying geographically, most remote. b. Unto the outmaist = to the utmost. —a. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 147.
The marinaris … brocht the Romane navy about the outmaist boundis of Albion ? 1592 Warrender P. (S.H.S.) II. 171.
For that disobedience quhilk is done in all your dominions throche the outmast part thereof —b. c1520-c1535 Nisbet III. 344/13.
Vnto the outmaist
