a. Sc. Obs. Also firstin. [Lengthened form of FIRST a., ultimately due to the analogy of EIGHTIN.] = FIRST a.
1594. The Battell of Balrinnes, in Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 351.
| The firstin man in counsall spak, | |
| Good Errol it was he, | |
| Who sayis, I will the vaneguard tack, | |
| And leiding wpone me. | |
| Ibid., II. 353. | |
| The firsten shot was to neir, | |
| It lighted all to schort, | |
| The nixtin shot thair foes hurt, | |
| It lighted wounderous weill. |
