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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1768, 1825

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†BENEW, adv. and prep. Beneath, below.

1. adv.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Rock and Wee Pickle Tow xvii.:
A pair of gray hoggers well clinked benew.

2. prep.Sc. 1825 Jam.2:
Benew is also used as a prep.

[Be, pref., 4 + O.E. neothan, below; cf. O.Sc. benewth, newth, beneath (Barbour Brus xi. 286, 537, newmest); nyowmest, lowest, Abd.; also new, nyow, to put down, to curb, Abd. See also Anew, adv. and prep. For examples of loss of final th see P.L.D. §71.]

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