A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Adversary, n. (aduers-, adwerss-). [Later form of Adversar(e, corr. to ME. and e.m.E. adversarie (1340), -ary.] —1568 Pref. Lyndesay 8 (cruell and feirs aduersaries). a1578 Pitsc. I. 55/13.
