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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Midstreme, n. Also: myd(e-) and -strem, -streym, -streime. [ME. nydstreme (c 1315).] The middle of the stream (of a river or burn). 14.. Acts I. 52/2.
That the mid strem aw to be fre sa mekil as [etc.] Ib. 334/2.
Nocht kepand to the myde streym as law walde 1457 Wigtownshire Chart. 123.
[From] le mydstreme [of the water of Cre to the sea of Ireland] 1471 (1485) Reg. Great S. 342/1. 1489 Acts II. 221/2. 1586 Crawford Mun. Invent. II. 152 (28 July). 1631 Dumbarton B. Rec. 36.
The fysching … of the mid streime of the wattir of Clyd