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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1572-1575
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(Est,) Eist, prep. [f. Est,adv.] In an easterly direction along. — 1574 Satirical Poems xlii. 981.
We … raid a lytill eist the bra 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 326.
Quhilk [fyre] … come eist the gait to Bess wynd
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