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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1499-1568
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Atones, Atonis, adv. Also: attones, -is, -ys. [ME. at ones, attones, etc., substituted for Sc. At anis.]
1. At one and the same time; together.c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1935 (boith attones kest downe vpone him mony stones); etc. a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 1761 (with hart and hand atonis). c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 23 (to thé atonis, Welcum, all we cry). 1513 Doug. xii. iii. 23 (the wemen and matronys … fled reuthfull atonys). 1535 Stewart 15883 (all atonis in that feild to de). a1568 Bannatyne MS 28 a/15 (sounding attonis with a schout).
2. At once, immediately.c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1781 (sum sayd, ‘bryng mortar heir atonis’).
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