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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1605
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(Sidewalk,) Sydewalk, n. [Sid(e n. 19 and Walk n.; cf. e.m.E side-walk (1667) ‘a walk or path running parallel to a main or central one’ (OED).] In attrib. use: ? A path at the side of a building. — 1605 Paisley B. Rec. 279.
That the utter sydewalk [pr. sydewald] nuik, nerest the yaird … and the utter sydewalk nuik of the bakehouse … are just meithis and marches of the said Johnis wallis
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