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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1540-1549, 1638
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A-luf, Aluif(f, adv. Also: alluff. [e.m.E. aloufe (1532), aloofe; see Luf n.] Nearer to the wind. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 41/20.
Than the master cryit on the rudir man, mait, keip ful and by, a luf 1540 Lynd. Sat. 618.
On steirburd, hoaw, aluiff [B. alluff], fy, fy 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 91.
Aluif, we cry'd, but all in vain
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