Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of about.
- alternativeobsoleteoutside of dialectsAlternative spelling of about.
May 20th, after dynner, I with my brother, Mr. Justice Yong, went to the Archebishop of Canterbury to Lambeth, abowt the personagis who used me well.
1842, John Dee, The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, page 34
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