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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ut(t)erest, adj. (n.). Also: ut(t)erast, utrest, owtraist. [ME and e.m.E. uttrese (c1200), vt(t)rest (both a1300), vtterest (a1325); superl. of Ut(t)er adj.]

1. Most final or complete, ultimate. 1456 Hay I 272/1.
Till all gude resoun of uterast conclusioun of understanding of this poynt

2. absol. as noun. a. At or to the utterest, to the (one's) utmost, to the bitter end; to the very limit (of one's powers). b. To bide the utterest, to endure the worst (in combat).a. (1) 1456 Hay II 76/11.
The quhilk counsale we will kepe and fulfill at the utterast(2) 1456 Hay I 87/12.
A knycht that is wageour till a king or a lorde … suld … stand with him to the utterest 1456 Hay I 229/29.
To dispute this mater to the utterest 1481 Fam. Rose 146.
And giff it happynnis the forsaid barone [etc.] … to get takis or rovmys in ony placis … I bind and oblys me … to … manteyne and defend to the vtrest 1560 Rolland Seven S. 4404.
All that is gane by To the vtrest remember weill sall I a1586 Lindsay MS 7.
To lat the battell ga to the vterest without ony … hoo crying(b) 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 213.
This realme wilbe debaittit to the owtraist quhill we may lestb. 1460 Hay Alex. 8769.
Than Porrus that wicht man and wourthy was Stude still and straik and baid the vterest c1500 Harl. MS 4700 262a.
Quhat euir he be fra the oist be cummyn … and bydis nocht the vtrest all his gudis sall be eschete