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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

No way, adv. phr. [Late ME. no wey, e.m.E. no way.] = Na way. —a1500 Seven S. 639.
Bot Ypocras no way wald wend Bot thocht he wald his newo send
c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iii. 868.
No way Christ had dedenȝeit borne to be
15.. Clar. iv. 2124.
Bot for them all no way it [the arrow] wald come out
a1578 Pitsc. II. 103/17.
And lutte tham noway labour bot so money as … payit thame maillis
1616 Irvine Mun. II. 49.

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