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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Apart, Apairt, adv. [ME. apart (14th c.), F. à part. In Sc. app. after Eng. use.] Apart, aside.(a) 1513 Doug. vi. xi. 50 (within a vale fer thens closyt apart). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2873 (scho laid apart hir awin cleithyng). 1578 Reg. Privy C. III. 18 (that all querellis be laid apart).(b) 1558-66 Knox II. 423 (thai drew thame selfis apairt). 1611-57 Mure Dido i. 186 (Juno doth apairt her passion vent). 1657 Balfour Ann. I. 76 (apairt from his traine). 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 582 (contained in a peaper apairt).