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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1587
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Evacuatioun, n. [e.m.E. evacuation (1533), ME. evacuacioun (c 1400), L. ēvacuātio.] Avoidance. — 1587 Dundee B. Laws 474.
For eschewing off thair aith quhilk thay hawe maid … For evacuatioun quhairoff thai statut and ordain [etc.] 1587 Ib. 480.
For ewacuatioun off the sumptuous bancattis that the prentisis makis the tyme thai ar admittit maisteris
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