Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1710, 1819
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BE EAST, prep. To the east of.Sc. 1819 Blackwood's Mag. (Sept.) 637:
Ye doctors . . . doing what you can, Lodge them be-east the town.Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Fife and Kinross 134:
Betwixt this and St Andrews, and a mile be East it, on the Sea, is Kinkell.
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