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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1893-1898
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ABYE, ABY, v.
(1) arch. (as with Eng. writers). Pay dearly for an offence.Sc. 1898 Ld. E. Hamilton Mawkin o' the Flow 36:
I'm no going to be poisoned this gate but I'll gar some folk aby it.
(2) Endure (obs. in St.Eng.).Sc. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xi:
I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet.
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