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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1825, 1932

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ASKOY, adv. (See first quot.)Kcb. 1825 Jam.2:
Askoy, asquint, obliquely.
Kcb.1 1932:
Askoy. Known twenty or thirty years ago in Crossmichael, Kcb.

[See askoye, askoyne in N.E.D., which says "seems to be identical with Du. schuin, sidewise, oblique." Cf. also asquint.]

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