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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Untowardly, adj. [e.m.E. vntowardly (1483); Towartly adj.] Disaffected, ill-disposed. —1653 Soc. Ant. XXIII 308.
They [sc. the people of Kirkwall] being … a most heady people … it is to be feared, they will prowe to be but vntowardly wassalls; both to my Lord and them of whom they only hold
