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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1578, 1699
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Boundin, ppl. a. [P.p. of Bind v.] Legally bound. — 1578 Inverness B. Rec. I. 260.
The haill suckin … is boundin and thrall suckyne to the Kingis mylnis [Cf.
In bound sucken 1699 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 296.]
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