† longst, prep. Obs.
Also 6 longest, Sc. langest.
[Aphetic f. alongst.]
Along.
| a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 165 They sould..gang langest the cost to Sanctandrois and syne to Couper. 1585 Burrogh Jrnl. in Leycester Corr. (Camden) 464 With these 4 vessells my lord and the rest passed from Flushinge..longest by 2 fly-boates of warr,..into Midlebroughe havon. 1591 Greene Farew. to Folly (1617) D 3 b, Her shape was passing tall, Diana-like, when longst the Lawnes she goes. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 16 But 'longst the shore with sails of Faith must coast. a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 22 When Venus, longst that plain, This Parian Adon saw. |