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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fewit, Fewed, ppl. a. [Few v.] Let in feu. —1591 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 42.
The new fewet parts in the eister commoun muir 1595 Orkney Rentals ii. 8.
My Lord Lundoris withhalds ij m. iij sett. cost, alleging the same to be broken out upon the feuit lands of Air 1642 Ib. iii. 23.
The Bischoprick consists of seven parochines, … with some dispersed feued lands
