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Quotation dates: 1549
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(Path-way,) Path-vaye, n. [e.m.E. pathway (Tindale). Cf. Pethway.] A pathway. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 72/2.
O ignorant … pepil gone by the path vaye of verteouse knaulage
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