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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Circumscriptioun, -ion, n. Also: -scripcioun. [e.m.E. (1531), L. circumscriptio.] An encircling inscription.c1420 Wynt. iv. 2581 (W).
A denere … Haiffand the emperouris dyademe, … All about it the circumscriptioun 1485 Acts II. 172/2.
The said penneis … to haue sic prent & circumscripcioun as sal be avisit be the kingis hienes 1562 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 6.
Blasphemaris of Goddis name to be putt in cukstulis, with ane crown of paper on thair heid, with ane circumscriptioun of their falt abowt the samyn 1563 Reg. Privy C. I. 227.
The pile [for coining] havand sunkin thairin foure lettris … and the circumscription thairof berand ‘nemo potest duobus dominis seruire’ 1572 Reg. Privy C. II. 160.
The plakkis … bering in the circumscriptioun the dait … 1557 1588 Prot. Bk. J. Robertsone 46 b.
The circumscriptioun grawin about in the lair stane that lyis vpone … dame Christane graif
