Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOONMOST, Boonmest, Beenmost, Bunemost, adj. or adv. (superl.). Highest, uppermost. [For phon. see Abune.]Bnff.2 1928:
Fin yir supperin' th' kye, be shoor an' tak th' beenmost shawies first.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 55:
Th' unchancy coat, that boonmest on her lay, Made him believe, that it was even sae.Lnk. 1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes 301:
Tam o' the Lin, and a' his bairns, Fell i' the fire in others' arms! Oh quo' the bunemost, I ha'e a het skin!! It's hetter below, quo' Tam o' the Lin!!Slk. 1829 Hogg Shepherd's Calendar I. i.:
The scourge of a land often fa's on its meanest creatures first, and advances by degrees, to gie the boonmost orders o' society warning and time to repent.
