hithermostadj.
? Obsolete.
Situated most in this direction; nearest.
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1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 80 The Cities of the hythermost part of Spain.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. vi. 124 The hithermost and concluding extreme.
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. App. 56 The hithermost of the Rocks.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. ix. 291 At Steinberg his hithermost post.
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