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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Sextieth,) Saxtieth, Sixtieth, adj. [ME and e.m.E. zixtiaȝte (Ayenbite), sixtithe (Wyclif), syxteth (1530), sixtieth (1579), OE sixteoᵹoða.] a. Sixtieth. b. ? Erron., or ? put for, the cardinal number sixty. —a. 1596 Dalr. I 79/1.
The ȝeir eftir was bigit Rome 60, the saxtieth —b. 1661 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II 329.
The twelfth of Julie one thousand sixe hundereth sixtieth one
