† prevagelyadv.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning unknown).Perhaps a typographical error for some other word: Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Pevych-,) Pevagely adv. interprets it as an error for peevishly adv. and suggests a sense ‘?in a manner suggesting carelessness or impatient haste’.
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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 14 His smotterit habit, our his schulderis lidder, Hang prevagely [Camb. MS. and ed. 1553 pevagely] knyt with a knot togiddir.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adv.a1522- to throw someone on the slagheap
- to throw someone out on etc ass
- to throw someone out on her ass
- to throw someone out on his ass
- to throw something back in a person's face
- to throw something in one's dish
- to throw something on the slagheap
- to throw the baby out with the bath
- to throw the baby out with the bathwater
- to throw the bones
- to throw the book at a person
- to throw the bridle in a person's neck
- to throw the bridle on a person's neck
- to throw the gauntlet
- to throw the handkerchief
- to throw the handkerchief at
- to throw the handkerchief to
- to throw the handle after the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet after the helve
- to throw the helve after the hatchet
- to throw the house out at the window
- to throw the house out at the windows
- to throw the house out of the window
- to throw the house out of the windows