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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1570-1578

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Advoid, Advode, v. [Erron. variant of Avoid, found also in e.m.E. (16th c.).] tr. To avoid; to remove. —1570 Leslie 301 (for advoiding of the vice of flatterie). 1578 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 27 (all occasionis to be aduodit and cuttit away).

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