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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1591-1592
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(Folit,) Fo(i)llit, ppl. a. [f. Fole v.] New-folit, newly foaled. — 1591 Criminal Trials I. ii. 245.
The thing in the foirheid of ane new-foillit foill 1592 Digest Justiciary Proc. 7.
With flesche of the foirheid of ane new follit foll
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