maist
Americanadjective
determiner
Example Sentences
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Why thou art he that maist omit the perill.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
The maist o' them seem no to care a bodle whether their sheep die or live.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
It's a' fairly come by, master, and the maist part o't came through your ain hands.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
"Just the maist unreasonable time of any woman's life," she sighed.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Here maist is put for m’aist. oncques, ever. ennuyt, this night, to-night. lottroyera, will grant him his request. conroy, troops.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
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