A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enschew, v.1 [Var. of Eschew v.] tr. To avoid. —c1420 Ratis R. 297.
That wice is far abowe wertew: For-thi it is for till enschew Ib. 871.
Gyf thow … can nocht weill enschew perell 1490 Irland Mir. I. 26/27.
Thou suld be … liberale, curtas, meik, … enschewand all filth of syn
