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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1587-1609, 1665
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Wharof, Wher(e)of, rel. adv. (Var. of Quhareof rel. adv. 1 a and Quhereof rel. adv. b.) — (a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 532 (D) (see (b)).
Whar-of —(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 532 (C).
That ȝhe … in the cite may bryng That hors in honoure of Pallas, And in hys temple, wher-of [D. whar-of] was The palladinar token away, To sett it 1587-99 Hume 14/88.
Thy wisedome knawes far best, Whereof I mister haue 1609 Acts IV 435/1.
That sic as ar … ignorant of the factis … be nocht … drawin frome thair awin … affaris for materis whereof they ar nocht hable to gif ony light 1665 J. M. Beale Fife Schools 179.
John Buchan was inquyrit gif he knew anything scandalous in the said Mr. John schoolmaster, and whereof he would have him admonished
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