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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Incidently, -lie, adv. [e.m.E. incydently (1529).] Incidentally. —1562-3 Winȝet I. 65/1. Ib. 70/19.
The iugement of the aunciant doctouris … , declarand sumtymes incidentlie the … ordour in the materis of controuersie … in religioun 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii. xxiv. § 5.
A confession of a crime taken incidently, in another proces
