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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1568, 1664-1683
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Alienat, Aleynat, v. [e.m.E. alienate (1513): cf. Alienat p.p.] tr. To estrange. —1568 Pref. Lyndsay 10 (quhairthrow the myndis … ar alienatit from reiding … ). 1664 Dundee B. Laws 416 (aleynat or tak awaye another man's servant). 1683 Decis. Lords F. 32.
A iewel . .which her grand-father did legat to the family with a prohibition not to alienat
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