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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1687-1688
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Toist, n. [Norw. dial. teiste, ON þeisti, þeist. Also in the later dial.] The black guillemot. — a1688 Wallace Orkney 19.
There are likewise many toists and lyres, both sea fowls, very fat and delicious to eat a1688 Wallace Orkney 43.
Sea fowls, … as toists, kittiwiacks, maws
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