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English
Etymology
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Preposition
furth
- (Scotland) out or outside
- (obsolete or Scotland) Alternative form of forth.
Quotations
Anagrams
Scots
Adjective
furth (not comparable)
- outside, beyond
Usage notes
- In phrases: furth o the toun, furth o the kintrae, (etc); outside the town, out of the country
Further reading
- “furth”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.