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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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‡ADIST, ATHIS'D, ATHIST, A'TAIST, prep. On this side of, as opposed to ayont, on that side of.Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 399:
I wish you was neither adist her, nor ayont her.Gall. a.1824 A riddle in J. MacTaggart Gall. Encycl. 10:
Heg Beg adist the dyke — and Heg Beg ayout [sic] the dyke Gif ye touch Heg Beg — Heg Beg — will gar ye byke. [A nettle.]Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales 60:
Tam Peevish lives in Galloway Athis'd Dumfries a mile or twa.w.Dmf.² c.1880:
Athist — on this side of.Kcb.² a.1899 A riddle from Carsphairn:
Ayont the dyke, adist the thorn, I heard an auld man blaw his horn, His beard was flesh, his neb was horn, And sic a beast was never born. [A cock.]Lnk. a.1911 From a riddle in T. Frazer's coll., Trans. Rymour Club (1906–1911) I. 225:
A-thist the dyke, ayont the dyke, I heard a filly rout.Kcb. 1912 Scotsman 31 Jan.:
The word a'taist is used as meaning “on this side of” as ayont means “on the other side of.”