maist
Americanadjective
determiner
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I tald him, that he suld have resolvit with zow upon all that, and that he suld avoyde, gif he culd, thay that were maist mistraistit.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Mr Dunshunner, I’ve been thinking over this job of ours, and here is a bit listie of the maist influential persons in Dreepdaily, that you maun positeevely see this day.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
Wel, I wil pray to God on hie65 That thou my constancie maist see, And that yet once before I die Thou will vouchsafe to love me.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
We believe, therefore, that Lizzy Lindsay erred not materially from the path of truth when she signalized us as "the maist fractious bairn that ever broke a woman's heart."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
Lundie an' you—I maist cu'd lay my lugs— Hae set a tryst to meet at Luckie Mugs'.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
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