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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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ALANGST, ALANGEST, ALANGS, prep. Cf. Alongst. [ə′lɑŋs(t)]

1. Along.Sc. 1825 Jam.²:
He het me alangs the backbane, — he struck me on the backbone. It conveys the idea of a longitudinal stroke, or one affecting a considerable portion of the object that is struck.Sh.(D) 1891 Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 74:
An Paetie sat itill his shair, 'At stüd alangst da gaevil.Abd. 1778 A. Ross Helenore 10:
Fat wad I geen, that thou hadst put thy thumb Upo' the well-tal'd tale till I had come; Syne led my hand alangst it line for line. [Ed. 1768: alongst.]Bch.(D) 1929 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev. (March) 131:
The wuddie's a gey eerie place an' A wiz some nervish ta gae doon the road alangest the side o't i' the dark.wm.Sc. [1835] Laird of Logan (1868) 236:
Would ganging back hain your brig, would it no wear't just as muckle as my coming alangst it did?Rnf. 1809 R. Tannahill Poems, Barrochan Jean (1815) 117:
A' around the peat-stacks, and alangst the dyke backs, E'en the winds were a' sighing, sweet Barrochan Jean.

2. Alongside of. To come alangse = to meet.Cai.¹ 1928:
A' that A came alangse, reest me up.