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Transmeridiane, n. [L. trans- beyond and meridiānus Meridian(e n.] Parts beyond ? the meridian of Jerusalem; remote and distant parts. See William Dunbar, Mediaeval Cosmography, and the Alleged First Reference to the New World in English Literature by Alisdair A. MacDonald in English Studies Vol. 68, No. 5, p. 377. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 120/63.
It [sc. a benefice] micht have cuming in schortar quhyll Fra Calȝecot and the new fund ile, The partis of transmeridiane; Quhilk to considder is ane pane
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