A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Conquisit, -quished, ppl. a. [f. Conquis(e,v.] Acquired; conquered. —1600 Hamilton Facile Treat. 278.
The vnlauful possessit roumes and euil conquisit geir 1652 Blairs P. 48.
The English (who hold it for a conquished cuntrey) haue taxed eury feu holder to paye 40 of each 100
