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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Avoiding, Avoyding, Awoding, vbl. n. [e.m.E. advoyding, avoiding. Cf. Avoid,v.] Avoidance. —1558-66 Knox II. 424 (for the avoyding of confusioun). 1566 Peebles B. Rec. 303 (for the awodin of sclander); 318 (for avoyding of cummeris). 1575 Inverness B. Rec. I. 242 (for awoding of the pest). 1608 St. A. Baxter Bks. 72 (for the avoyding of the lyk in tyme to cum).

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