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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quho-ever, -evir, interrog. and rel. pron. [e.m.E. and ME who ever(e.] = Quha-ever. — 15.. Dunb. App. ix 17.
Quho euir in erd hard so blyth a story? c1616 Hume Orthog. 14.
It appeeres be the Greekes, quho ever had occasion to use anie Latin word, quharein now we sound c as s, in their tymes it sounded k
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