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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inthrow, -throu, prep. [Throw prep.] Inward and through. — 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 10.
I haue thame seyn … Quhare as the ful moyn … Inthrou [Sm. in throw] the tyrlyst wyndo schane by nycht 1575 Glasgow B. Rec. (M. C.) 36.
In stryking of him with ane Irland knyfe in throw the cloik 16.. Lord's Trumpet 7 (Jam. Suppl.).
One of you sufferers that is bred in Christ's school inthrow Clydesdale yonder
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