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Betwix, prep. Also: betwvx(e, betuix(e, -ixs, -yx, bi-, bytwix, betwex, betwekis, betuex(e, betueix; betoux, betux(e, betwx, betvux. [ME. betwix, betwex, etc., OE. betwyx, betweox, bet(w)ux. Cf. Abetwix.] Between.

1. With reference to location. Also fig.(a) 1375 Barb. iii. 109.
Betuix a louchside and a bra Ib. xvii. 573.
Thre sperlynth … mycht be Betuix thame c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1713.
Betuix the mirknes and the licht c1420 Wynt. viii. 4820.
A by-way … betwix craggys 1456 Hay II. 140/24.
Betuix the hye and the lawe [ground] c1475 Wall. vii. 661.
Betuix a roch and the gret wattir sid c1515 Asl. MS. I. 16/4.
Betuix thire twa, as the nethir & ovire milstane c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 83.
There saw I May … Betuix Aprile and June 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 193.
A fair wynd blawis betwix twa schetis 1531 Bell. Boece II. 298.
Betwix the tindis of this hart 1565 Crim. Trials I. 475*.
Betuix his schulderis 1578 Inv. Wardrobe 263.
Tua perll betuix every corneling 1594 Misc. Spald. C. II. 125.
Passand betuix Kinneduart and Kinlos 1647 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 126.
Ane doir … betwix the twa [places](b) c 1420 Liber Calchou 449.
Betwex the thé and the body 1425 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 97.
Betwex the landis of D. R. … and the landis [etc.] 1460 Peebles B. Rec. 135.
Betuex the waterys on the swtht half c1450 Cr. Deyng 217.
Betuex me and my synis 1539 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 358.
Betuex the landis … of Delgate and Udocht

2. With reference to time (or age).(a) 1445 Misc. Spald. C. V. 283.
Betwix the date … and the feste of Saint Martyn 1446 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 396.
Betvix this and Tysday nyxt to cum a1500 Rauf C. 342.
Betuix none of the day and Ȝule nicht a1500 Henr. Fab. 493.
Betuix the nicht and day c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxviii. 1.
Betwix twell houris and ellevin c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 103.
Betuix Aswednisday and Paice c1552 Id. Mon. 375.
Betuix thare byrth on to thare graue 1565–6 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 220.
The Sonndayis … betwix Alhalomes and Candilmes a1578 Pitsc. I. 262/6.
All maner of men betuix sextie and sextene 1586 Grant Chart. 161.
Betwyxe the dait heirof and the fest of Martimes(b) 1476–7 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 460.
Betuex the son rising and the ganging to 1482 Bamff Chart. 31.
Betuex this and the Assumpcion Day of oure Laidy nexit folowand 1562 Maxwell Mem. I. 298.
Betuex Ȝuile and Candilmes(c) 1545 Grant Chart. 95.
Betuxe the dait heyrof and the vij day of Maii

b. Betwix and … , between now and … . 1491 Lennox Mun. 144.
Thai sall cum … betuix and Pasch 1532 Glasgow Prot. IV. 51.
To be payit betuix and Lowkysmes nixt to cum 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 136.
That thai betuix and the said day suld come in 1575 Conv. Burghs I. 46.
This aduerteisment to be maid betuix and the first day of August nixt 1615 Dunferm. B. Rec. 155.
Betuix and Witsonday nixt to cum 1631 Glasgow Weavers 77.
Betwix and the last day of August nixtocom

3. With reference to agreement, concord, compacts, or similar relationships.Very common in naming the parties to indentures or other contracts.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 81.
At that tyme wes pes and rest Betwyx Scotland and Ingland bath 1385 Rotuli Sc. II. 73/1.
This endenture … made betwix noble lardes 1386 Ib. 85/2.
Special assurance sal be bytwix thaym c 1400 Wemyss Chart. 37.
This is the accordaunce betwix Schir Ione of Glen … and Schir Ione of Wemys 1436 Reg. Panmure II. 199.
As it was appointit in contrake of mariage betuix him and me 1456 Hay I. 22/7.
The accorde betuix the kirk of the Ravenen and the kirk of Rome a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1268.
Betuix schir Gologras and he Gude contenance I se 1497 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 611.
Lik as the endentouris made betuixe ws … purportis c1515 Asl. MS. I. 215/10.
Lord Dernlie was slane … vnder ane assouerance takin betuix tham Ib. 253/16.
In his tyme began the band betuix Fraunce & Scotland 1561 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 256.
Efter the mariage betuix me and hir c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 239.
This unitie Betuix Christ Jesus and his kirk 1570 Leslie 42.
The allyance … betuix the realme of Scotland and Prince of Burgunye(b) 1398 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 377.
The cunand made betwex the comownys of Aberden … and Jon Lambynton 1410 Red Bk. Menteith II. 281.
This endenture betwekis ane excellent … prince [etc.] 1445 Melville Chart. 31.
Al malis, cowntis and rekynnyngis betwex thaim 1493 Maxwell Mem. I. 205.
To obserff … all other … conditionys innit and mad betwex ws(c) 1396 Scot. Antiquary XIV. 217.
This indenture made … betwx a nobil lorde [etc.] 1530–1 Maxwell Mem. I. 260.
A now concord and frendschip to be obseruit … betoux the saydis erles 1542 Grant Chart. 88.
It is … aggreit betuxe … James Graunt and Katheryne [etc.]

b. With reference to parentage. 1397 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 166.
The ayrs male betwyx thayme to be gotyn 1436 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 45.
His ayris betwex him and Elisabeth … his spows gettyn a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 257.
Generit betuix ane sche beir and a deill 1508 Reg. Cupar A. I. 273.
Ane ayr maill lauchfully gottin betuex thaim

4. With reference to dissension, difference, division, choice, etc.(a) 1410 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 30.
Quhyll it war determinit betuix thaim 1446 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 404.
The debatis and clame of airschipe betwix Alexander … and Malcolme of Forbes 1456 Hay I. 86/21.
A man suld betuix twa gudis ches the best 1474 Acta Aud. 33/2.
The said scheref sal … minister justice betuix the said partis 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 260/2.
[The ward to] be equaly dividit and partit betuix the said Cristiane and Johne 1513 Doug. i. viii. 141.
Betwix a Troiane and ane Tyrriane Na differens 1567 G. Ball. 35.
The father did his gude deuyde Betuix thame a1578 Pitsc. I. 65.
They put no difference betuix wrang and right 1601–2 Misc. Spald. C. V. 130.
Arbitral decreit betuix the towne and the Laird of Cultir(b) c1460 Wisd. Sol. 432.
The defferens betwex wisdome and foly, and betuex erour and werite 1461 Liber Plusc. 384.
The deferans … Betueix resoune and sensualite c1475 Wall. v. 444.
Battaill … Betuex Scottis and the bauld Persie(c) 1454 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. 720/1.
In the tyme of the were betvux ovres cusyngis c 1575 Wemyss Corr. 74.
To enter deidle feid betux tua nobill hous[is] 1604 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. ii. 197/2.
Sua that their is a greit mischeif of leit begun betux thame