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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quher(e)throw, -through, rel. adv. Also: wher- and -throu. [e.m.E. wherethrough (1568), -thurgh (Malory), late ME wher-throgh: cf. Quhar(e)throuch.] Through which; as a result of which. = Quhar(e)throuch. —(1) c1630 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 168.
Ane fresh water logh wherthrou another litle river doeth run —(2) 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 130.
Quherethrow their neighbours sall incurre na skaith 1635 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. VI 2. 1652 Strathbogie Presb. 218.
Quherthrough 1666 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 225.
Wherthrow 1671
Ib. 276.
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