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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Estwart, E(i)stward, adv. [ME. estward(e, OE. éastwearde.] Eastwards. — c1515 Asl. MS. I. 157/4.
Than he strekis estwart to pas to the les Asya
Ib. 157/23.
Strekand allmast to Ierusalem estwart
1556 Peebles B. Rec. 230.
Passand vp the dike estward to the stanes in the lon heid
1596 Dalr. I. 30/8.
In thir cuntreyes eistward, and vpon the water of Clyde southward, is the Lennox boundet

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