†b. Scottish. but (any) delay: without waiting or hesitating; immediately, at once. Similarly but more (also longer, etc.) delay: without waiting or hesitating any longer. Obsolete.
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1489 (a1380) J. BarbourBruce (Adv.) iii. 388 He thocht but mar delay, In-to ye manland till arywe.
1566 in D. Hay Fleming Mary Queen of Scots (1897) 500 And this ye feill nocht to do but ony delay.
c1586 J. StewartPoems (1913) 36 Heir but delay to die.