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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡A-WILL, adv.1 Of one's own accord; of itself. [ə′wɪ̢l, ə′wʌl]Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems 316:
I needna mak sic Speed my Blood to spill, I'll warrant Death come soon enough a Will.Ib. 318:
She too that's sae nice Shall come a will.

[Cf. come-o'-will s.v. Come v. II. 11. (12). A-will occurs in Mid.Eng., a.1250 Owl and N. l. 1720, in sense “to one's pleasure or satisfaction.”]

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