A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Quhither-ward, adv. [e.m.E. whitherward, e.m.E. and late ME whytherwarde (Trevisa), ME quiderward, wyderward, wuderward (c1200), whiderrwarrd (Orm): cf. Quhetherwart.] To what or whatever place, whither. —16.. Rudiments 15a.]
[To both places to neither of the places whither soeuer fourth or abroad quhither ward to some other place [etc.]
