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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1578
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Gat, Gate, n.2 [Du. gat, special sense of Gat,n.1] A navigable channel. — 1578 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 63.
Ȝe may assure thame that the channell, entrie, or gate of Camfeir is … sua gude as ever it was, and, … we have put oure tunnis and markis in the said gat
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