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Quotation dates: 1723, 1778-1929
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YOUDITH, n. Also youdit, youdeth, yudith. Youth, the state of being young (Sc. 1825 Jam.); also, personified, young people. Obs. or liter.Sc. 1723 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 132:
Her Cheek, where Roses free from Stain, In Glows of Youdith beek.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 33:
The course of youdeth maun be out.ne.Sc. 1801 Edb. Mag. (Aug.) 137:
I anes like you, wi' youdit flush'd, Fu' rackless to Parnassus rush'd.Lnk. 1827 J. Watt Poems 109:
Gar stiffen'd age like youdith reel.Abd. 1832 A. Beattie Poems 155:
Auld fouk are niddered sair wi' eild, While youdith frisk o'er flude and field.Slk. a.1837 Hogg Poems (1865) 277:
Though ye want yudith, gear, an' mense.Kcb. 1885 J. S. McCulloch Poems 18:
Where youdith smiles, where beauties shine.Gall. 1929 Gallovidian 77:
Eild an' youdith paid their vows Athin the forest girth.
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