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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1569
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Extraorbitant, a. [f. L. extrā and orbita.] Going beyond bounds; excessive. —1569 Reg. Privy C. I. 672.
The complaint presentit … be the tenentis … aganis Andro Monro … for chargeing thame with extraorbitant cariage and for spoliatioun fra thame of ten oxin
