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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1573
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Hedin(g)full, a. [Northern ME. hethyngfull (c 1400).] Derisive, scornful. — 1573 Tyrie Cath. Tr. 3/3.
All the writtinges of those quha defendes ane euill caus … vsis to he stufit … with schoring and hedinful; saingis
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