A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1574, 1632-1672
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Objectio(u)n(e, n. [e.m.E. and ME. objectio(u)n, objeccio(u)n(e (Wyclif, Trevisa), OF. objection (12–13th c.), L. objectio.] a. The fact of being thrown in the way, interposition. b. A contradictory or opposing statement, one expressing grounds for refusing to agree to something or accept someone. —a. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 56/9.
The mune is in eclips be the obiectione of the eirdb. 1562-3 Winȝet I. 69/16.
Sumtyme ansuering to ȝour maist strang obiectionis 1574 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 434.
Na exceptioun nor obiectioun maid in the contrar a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 47.
Except quher ther is objection … maid the tyme of the seruice 1672 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 155 (29 Oct.).
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