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† dieugard(e Obs.
Also 5 dugarde, 5–6 Sc. dewgar(d, 7 due gard.
[French (in full Dieu vous garde, in OF. dieu vous gard), ‘God keep (you)!’]
The salutation ‘God preserve you!’; a polite or formal salutation; a spoken salutation or word of recognition, as contrasted with a mere ‘beck’ or nod.
c1380Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif (1851) 149 Ne wiþ beckus ne wiþ dugardes as ypocritis usen. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 132 He salust thaim, as it war bot in scorn; ‘Dewgar, gud day, bone Senȝhour, and gud morn!’ 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 172 In the end you conclude, A becke is as good as a Dieugard. 1568H. Charteris Pref. to Lyndesay's Warkis {cross} ij b, He cummis to the King, and efter greit dewgard & salutationis, he makis him as thocht he war [etc.]. 1598Florio Epist. Ded., So in your studies to attend, as your least becke may be his dieugarde. 1600J. Melvill Diary (1842) 263 The cheiff commanders mak sic dewgard and curtessie. 1605Chapman All Fooles Plays 1873 I. 168 Their winckes, their beckes, due gard, their treads a' the toe. a1656Bp. Hall Wks. IX. 278 (D.) His master Harding could not produce..any vow anciently required or undertaken, whether by beck or Dieu-gard. |