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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1493-1558
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Dampnage, v. [Cf. Dampnagen. and Damnage v.] tr. To damage, injure. — 1493 Acts II. 236/1.
Persounis … quhilkis ar greitlie dampnageit … in thair heretage 1532 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 231.
Ane lettre of bailyerie … be the quhilkis I may be gretlie hurt, dampnagit and scathit 1558 Inverness Sheriff Ct. 69b.
The said dame Ionet is dampnagit and skaythit of the saidis cornis
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