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(Ȝondirmast,) Ȝondermast, -maist, Ȝoundermest, Yondermost, adj. and n. [Ȝondir (compar.) adj. and Mast(e adv. 2.] a. adj. Farthest away, most remote. b. noun. = Ȝondmost n., the utmost. Only fig. —a. 1513 Doug. viii xii 31.
Diuers … pepillys … From Pers, Egipt [etc.] … The ȝondermast [Sm. ȝondermaist, Ruddim. ȝoundermest] pepill, clepit Bractanys, Quhilk neir the est part of the warld remanys —b. 1650 Butler Leighton 198.
I judged [it] my duty to oppose [the League and Covenant] to the yondermost
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