A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1629-1669
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Incro(t)ch(e, -croa(t)ch, v. [e.m.E. incroch(e (a 1528), earlier encroch(e (14th c.), OF. encrochier to seize. Cf. *Incruch.] intr. To encroach (upon). —1629 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 295. 1661 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 360. 1669 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 258. Etc.
