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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhar(e)intill, -intyll, Quhairintil(l, -intyll, rel. adv. Also: whair-. [Only Sc., Quhare C 5, Intil(l prep. Also Quher(e)intill.] The simple relative. 1. In local senses. a. In which. b. Onto which. c. (Enfeoffed etc.) in which.a. 1573 Edinb. Test. II 299.
That they put the kistis quhairintill the saidis money … is in suir keping 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 94.
Edinburgh, quhairintill thai remanit sen the committing thairof 1603 Reg. Privy C. VI 576. 1624 Edinb. Test. LII 224.
Tua auld fir bedis … ane thairof q^rintill the defunct depairtit and vseit to ly into 1666 Ib. LXXII 110.
Ane great chest quh^rintill ther is ane dosen of servits [etc.]b. 1613 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I 219.
Ane fair monument … of stane quhairintill sall be ingraven the name [etc.]c. 1567 Glasgow Prot. III 99.
The … land of Craiginfeoch quhairintill the saidis Lyoune was infeft 1574 in Exch. R. XX 372. 1665 Irvine Deeds MS. Aug./Nov.
Whairintill my said deceast mother wes dewly … infeft and seasit

2. In non-local senses. a. In which (writing, matter, council, etc.). b. In or of which (benefice etc.). c. To which.a. 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 111.
The provinciall counsale quhareintyll Novatus errour wes condempnit, and divers utheris provinciale counsalis quhairinto the errour of Paulus … wes lykwyse condampnit c1568 Lauder Minor P. i title.
Ane godlie tractate … quhairintill may be easilie perceauit [etc.] 1583 Reg. Privy C. III 586.
Quhairintill his hienes hes occupeit himself 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. (1590) 1b.
I giue you twa points; quhairintil euery ane of you aught to try and examine your consciences 1616 Aberd. Council Lett. I 140.
Concerning the diversiteis betuix the admirall and yow, the particular procedingis quhairintill I refer to his reportb. 1636 Glasgow B. Rec. II 40.
In and to the locall stipend quhairintill the said doctor … wes in possessioun allanderlyc. 1516 Acts XII 36/2.
For the surty of oure soveranis person quharintill we confess we above all utheris bundin & oblist