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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Defalcat(e, p.p. and v. [e.m.E. (1540), L. dēfalcāre. Cf. Defalk v.] a. p.p. Deducted. b. v. tr. To deduct.1531 Reg. Privy S. II. 107/1.
Tua martis and tua mottonis … , siclike as is defalcate to utheris tenentis 1556 Peebles B. Rec. 236.
To tak consultatioun quhat suld be defalcat thairof les or mair 1625 Brechin Test. IV. 215.
Part of the haill guidis and geir, the debt bein defalcat 1668 Corshill Baron Ct. 84.
The baillie defalcatis ane fourt pairt of corne off the forsaid decreit
