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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1574-1621
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Crofting, n. Also: crafting. [Croft n.] Croft-land, or the use of this. Also attrib. with dyke.1574 Protocol Book of T. Lindsay 69 b.
The feildland of the said tua sowmes … without the crofting dykis 1597 Edinburgh Testaments XXXI: 271 b.
His sone to enter & posses the equall half of his saidis landis thair, with equall tofting & crafting 1621 Reg. Great S. 42/1.
Cum divisis croftis lie delt crofting earundem prout divise sunt a lie crofting alterius mercate dictarum terrarum
