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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: 1638
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Athorter, adv. [Cf. Thortour.] Athwart. — 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 5.
What ever mater come athorter, Touch not, I pray, the iron morter
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