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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1576-1646
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Aw, Awe, n.2 Also: aa, ave; all. [e.m.E. awe (1503), alve, aue, F. aube.] A float-board of an undershot water-wheel. (Cf. Start n.)(a)1576 Reg. Great S. 101/1.
Sustentando dictum molendinum in omnibus necessariis, preter in new schrouddis to be mylne aves [etc.] 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXIII. 339.
Fyve quheillis of start and aw, … aucht inner quheillis of start & aw 1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I. 223.
For the fraucht of the armes, startis, and aas of the whelis 1639 Master of Works Accounts XXIX. 50 b.
For ane cutting of ane grit trie to be aves to the queillis 1640 Peebles Gleanings 251.
Ane aller trie to be awes to the auld milne 1646 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 196 b.
For caring off shrouding and aws to the quh(e)ill(b)1645 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 151.
For alls with eak as to be ernis to the water work, [£] 17
