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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375

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Eschew, n. [OF. essue, eissue, var. of issue (late ME. yssue, e.m.E. issue), in the same sense.] A sortie or sally. —1375 Barb. xiv. 94 (E).
Mony eschewe [C. yshe] full apertly Wes maid, quhill that the sege lay
1375 Ib. xx. 14.
Quhill that thir assegis lay At thir castellis … Apert eschewys oft maid thar war

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