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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Limit, -eit, Lymyt, n. [ME. and e.m.E. lymyte (c 1380), -it(te, limit(e, -ete (16th c.), etc., F. limite.] Only in plur.: The bounds or confines of a territory; the frontier, margin or extremity of anything; limits or restrictions (in a non-material sense). — 14.. Acts I. 35/2.
Na man … sal be sa hardy on the mercate day for to pas ututh the lymytis of the burgh for to by ony gudis befor that it cum wythin the ȝhettis of the toune 1626 Garden Worthies 117.
Thow grave, good knight, … Heer in the limeits of a little lies 1622-6 Bisset I. 18/24.
Into my vulgare and maternall tung I pas na limitis thought my lair be ȝung 1632 Lithgow Trav. v. 210.
This Petrean countrey it selfe … deualling euen downe to the limits of Jacob's bridge