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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1513-1528
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Bakwardis, Bakwartis, adv. [e.m.E. bacwardes (1535).] Backwards.c1515 Asloan MS I. 320/8 (the son regressit bakwardis x mylis). 1513 Doug. iii. x. 60 (bakwartis on Ciclopes mon we saill); viii. ii. 46 (the streme bakwartis vpflowys). 1528 Douglas Corr. 136 (the Kyngis grace ramuffit bakwarts). ?1438 Alex. ii. 4188 (to the erd baith bakuartis bare).
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