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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1595
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Auchting, n. [f. Aucht v.] Something owing; a debt. (Only in pl.) 1584 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 372 b.
All … dettis and auchtingis quhatsumeuir that is iustlie auchtand to him 1584 Ib. XIV. 76 b.
Dettis, comptis, cravingis, auchtingis 1595 Ib. XXVII. 353 b.
I ordane all auchtingis [and] crawingis to be payit
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