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. Drumm. of Hawth., Poems, Wks. (1711), 22. When Venus, longst that plain, This Parian Adon saw.
