† aˈways, adv. Obs.
[f. away adv. with adverbial genitive -s.]
= away.
| 1556 Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 33 He brake aways from them and went beyend see. 1591 Spenser Virg. Gnat 430 And from her farre awayes A rulesse rout..lie Wallowed in their blood. 1652 Culpepper Eng. Physic (1809) 129 The decoction..and the herb..do take them aways. [Hereaways, thereaways, are common in Suffolk. F. Hall.] |