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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1683
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Unevinly, -evenly, Onevynly, adj. [ME unefenlich (Ancr. R.), vneuenly (c1425); Evinly adj.] a. Ill-matched. b. Uneven, not level. —a. 1513 Doug. xii iv 147.
This ilk bargane Semyng to … euery man Tobe ane rycht onevynly [Ruddim. vneuinly] interprys —b. 1683 Reid Sc. Gard'ner (1907) 11.
Though the ground be unevenly [1756 unequal] yet you must hold the chain level
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