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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aside, adv. Also: asid, asyd(e, assid, assyd(e, asyid. [ME. asyde (14th c.), for earlier on side: see Side sb.] Aside, apart. Freq. fig. in to set or put aside, to discard, disregard, etc.(1) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 229 (to set asid al dredour). 1562-3 Winȝet II. 70/29 (lat that be sett asyde). 1573-1600 Cath. Tr. 70/12 (all contention being pwt a syde). 1587 Fam. Innes 148 (settyng asyid debettis).(2) 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 303 (laying of the greit asyde). a1540 Freiris Berw. 426 (M). 1596 Dalr. I. 34/4 (that euerie craft occupie his awne gait asyd). c1650 Spalding I. 9 (the Erll set thame a syd). 1670 Annandale Corr. 310 (I laid it assyd).