adv. Sc. [f. A adj.3 + maist, mast, OE. mást, most.] = ALMOST.

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1733.  Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (ed. 9), I. 25. I had amaist forgot.

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1862.  in Hislop’s Sc. Proverbs, 15. ‘Amaist’ and ‘Very near’ hae aye been great liars.

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