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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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UNTIL, prep., conj. Also untill; ontil (Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ. i. xxii.); oontil (Abd. 1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm xli., 1918 W. B. Morren The Hert's Aye 13). See Till, prep. Sc. forms and prep. usages:

Sc. form of Eng. until.Fif. 1998 Tom Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 6:
I wis left my lane, ontil
Ae nicht, a tread on the stair,
An the door unsneckt:

Sc. usages:

1. To, unto, as far as, towards; in reply to. Obs. in Eng.Sc. a.1722 W. Macfarlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) II. 1:
The Coast runs Southwest from the castle of Greenand untill the poynt of Turnberry.Sc. c.1780 Archie o Cawfield in Child Ballads No. 188 A. xxxv.:
But up bespake the Lieutenant, Until a bonny lad said he.Sc. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy I. 158:
When they cam the gate untill.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley x.:
The Laird had devoted his leisure untill tillage and agriculture.Sc. 1814 A. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1871) 142:
Ge-en-tlemen o' the Jury, Ye'll answer untill a' your names.

2. In contact with, against. Obs. in Eng.Abd. 1777 R. Forbes Ulysses 38:
He shook the blade, an' Set the heft to the ground, The nib until his breast.Sc. a.1803 Cruel Mother in Child Ballads (1956) I. 221:
She's set her back untill an oak.

3. Into (Sc. 1904 E.D.D.; ‡Abd. 1973). Also in Eng. dial.Sc. a.1765 Lord Thomas and Fair Annet in Child Ballads No. 73 A. xxviii.:
[He] strake the dagger untill his heart, And fell deid by her side.