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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1591, 1688-1689
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Whol(e)ware, n. [Anglicised var. of Hale-ware n.] The sum total, the whole; the whole number or amount. —1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 248.
He saith, ‘In the wholware of these things, The life of my soule standeth’ 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 268.
There was no man able to bear and discharge this burden beside this man [sc. Christ] … He perfectly satisfied for the whole ware a1689 Cleland 18.
Then this will follow, I suppose, She drags the whole-ware by the nose
