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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fourt(h)nicht, -night, n. [ME. fourthnyght (c 1440), var. of fortenyght, fourten niȝt (13 … ).] A fortnight.(a) 1639 Johnston Diary 41.
That the English navie has now lyen this fourthnight in our Firth
1668 Sutherland Chart. 202.
Intimatioun being givin therof within the space of a fourthnight
1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 321.
Every squadd is on duty eight days and doe goe to their own houses for a fourthnight
(b) 1652 Lamont Diary 45.
The blowms of the pease wallowed a fourtnight before Lammis
1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 331.
To serve be turns ane fourtnight

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