A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1577-1665
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(Fore-,) Foirpart, -pairt, n. [ME. forpart (1435).] The front part (of anything). — 14.. Acts I. 42/2.
The saidis lyneris sall suer that thai sall leilly lyne … baith foir part and back part of the land a1578 Pitsc. I. 312/12.
The flame … brunt all the foir pairt of his coull 1616 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 339.
The … foir pairt of the said transe 1665 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 219.
The foir part of ther loft in the Old Church
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