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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dismemberit, -bred, ppl. a. [e.m.E. (1552).] Cut off; disjoined. — 1661 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 196.
That that dismemberit part of the bodie of the lait murtherit Marques of Montrose … suld be takin vp and preservit 1669 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III. 8.
The petitioner, who is clerk of the dismembred shyre of Inuernes
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