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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1662
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(Sonewayis,) Sunne-wayes, adv. [Son(e n.1 and Way n. Cf. 18th c. Sc. sunways (1774), transl. of Gael. deiseal.] = Sonegatis adv. —1662 S. Ronaldshay 37.
[One man charged of going] to the bankes, and that he did goe twys weather wayes and once sunne wayes about Jas. Windweek his boat
