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† awe-band Obs.
Also awband.
[f. awe n.1 (in sense of Norse agi ‘discipline, constraint’) + band.]
A curb, check, restraint; ‘a band for tying black cattle to the stake..used to keep in order the more unruly animals’ (Jamieson).
1536Bellendene Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 293 The said castel suld be ane awband aganis thame. c1565R. Lindsay Chron. Scot. (1728) 182 To keep him still as an awe-band above the Governor's head. 1653Baxter Peace Consc. 159 Fears of the wrath of God..are..the awe-band of your soul. |