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Word: be-east (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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Usage:

...Before Candlemas we went be-east Kinloss, and there we yoked a plough of toads. The Devil held the plough, and John Young, our Officer, did drive the plough. Toads did draw the plough as oxen, couchgrass was the harness and trace-chains, a gelded animal's horn was the coulter, and a piece of a gelded animal's horn was the sock [ploughshare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Devil's Disciples | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

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