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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Path, n. [e.m.E. and midl. and south. ME. path, OE. pæþ, paþ: cf. Peth n.] A path; a footway or footpath; a way or course taken by a person. Also comb. in path-rode. = Peth n. 3. (Found only in verse or in fig. contexts.) — a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitl. F. xxix. 45.
The plane hie path is maist plesand to me Id. Maitl. Q. xxxv. 56.
Hir pathis ar ay plaine 1585 James VI Ess. 23.
So I amongst the paths vpon that hill … Did stay confusde c1590 J. Stewart 242/169.
To path pethmentit all vith siluer fyn … I rycht arrywit syn —comb. 1692 Vindication of Calvin and Beza's Presbyterian Principle 17.
Yet they keep not that path-rode exactly but had their aberrations from it