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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†FORESTREET, n. The street frontage of a building; the part of the street directly in front of it. Also attrib.Sc. 1703 Fountainhall Decisions II. 188:
A shop built on the north side of the forestreet near to the Netherbow.Edb. 1739 Caled. Mercury (6 Feb.):
The first Story above the Shops to the Fore-street of the great Stone-land called Home's Land.Sc. 1777 Ib. (4 June):
A fore-street House in the Clamshell Turnpike.Ags. 1858 People's Journal (26 June) 2:
She was the perfect brag o' the fore street -never gaed oot, but she was dress't to the nines.
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