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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1555, 1627-1649

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Abstractit, Abstrakit, ppl. a. [f. Abstract v.] Withdrawn, removed (improperly or illegally).1555 Edinb. B. Rec. 225.
The samin haill abstrakit cornis being apprehendit … suld pertene to the saidis fermoraris
1627 Urie Baron Ct. 64.
The haill sucken is ordanit to keip the myln wnnder pane of dubill multer for thair abstractit multeris
1649 Elgin Rec. I. 185.
William Robertsone, litster, … summoned … for abstractit multers

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