A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pause,) Paws, v. [F. pauser, L. pausāre.] To pause, remain temporarily silent. —1622-6 Bisset I. 288/33.
Then this beand sayd he sall say thus, eftir that he haif pawsed a bony quhyle
