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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nesty, -ie, a. [e.m.E. (? once only) nesty (a 1548), var. of Nastie a.] Dirty, filthy, unclean. — 1664 Pitcairn Spiritual Sacrifice 223.
The nesty couches on which we did rest Ib. 597.
As doves leaue their place when it becomes nesty and unclean 1677 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 324.
How inbeseeming and nestie a condition the streits are in 1688 Shields Notes on Sermon 20.
When there was not such a poor nestie people in all the world 1692 Presb. Eloq. (ed. 2) 85.