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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAWXTER, n. (See quot.)Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 57:
Bawxter. A mighty personage of some kind or other. When it is said of such a one, that he “beat Bawxter, and Bawxter beat the de'il”; it places that character high. Methinks this — Bawxter is Baxter, who wrote that well-known religious book, the “Saint's Everlasting Rest”; he combats in it, with strong reasons, the devil, and may be said to overcome him whiles, which may have raised the saying, “That Bawxter beat the de'il.”