"withersake" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"Go to with thy trade,\" replied Father Adrian, \"I know thee not but for a lying withersake; a base pilfering waster and drawlatch; a cutting ribald moss trooper, and doer of ran and rapine; a common lecher and brawler; […]",
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        "An apostate or perfidious renegade."
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