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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Contrare-,) Contrairwyse, adv. [Cf. Contrariwayis.] On the contrary. —1567 G. Ball. 41.
Thow resauit hes … thy plesour in all thing, And contrairwyse [later edd. contrariwise] Lazarus had distres
