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Uneschewabil, -able, Oneschewabil(l, Wmchou-, Wmchowabill, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vneschewable (Chaucer); Eschew v.] a. That cannot be escaped or avoided; inescapable, unavoidable. b. Indispensable. —a. 1513 Doug. xi xiv 102.
[He] schuke in hand hys oneschewabill [Ruddim. vneschewabil] speir 1513 Doug. xii v 116.
The sovir schaft … Oneschewabill [Ruddim. oneschewabil], bath certane lang and squar a1538 Abell 79b.
A kirk man quhem to it is nocht lesum to sched blude bot in wmchowabill neid a1538 Abell 120 (bis) b.
Finall gude is desirable. Ewill at turnis fra this gude is wmchouabill. That is deidlie syn. Heir ma nocht be dispensatioun —b. 1535 Acts II 345/2.
Becaus the schott of gunnys hagbutis hand bowis [etc.] … is sa felloun and vneschewable to the pith and hie curage of noble and vailȝeand men [etc.]
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