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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1600-1610
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(Ȝawing,) Yeawing, vbl. n. [17th c. Eng. yawing (1627).] Unsteady movement from side to side. — 1600-1610 Melvill 253.
Be hir [sc. the boat's] tumbling and yeawing, the mast schouk sa louse that [etc.]
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