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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1535-1581
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Midsid(e, n. Also: myd- and -syd(e. [ME. midside (a 1250).] The middle of the side (of a town, person's or animal's body, or building). — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 991.
Wallace selff at mydsid off the toune With men of armys that was to bargane bown 1535 Stewart 51756.
He wist richt weill … That he sould brist rycht sone at the midsyde 1535 Ib. 53868.
For that same sow [= battering ram] I haif ordand sic draf … Sall gar hir ferrie sone at the mydsyde c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1379.
In the myd syde [of the ark] ane dur thare wes 1581 Burne Disput. in Cath. Tr. 146/1.
They are al enterit in the scheipfauld of Christ nocht be the dur, bot be the midsyd of the house
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