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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inundatio(u)n, -acioun, n. [ME. inundacion (c 1450), e.m.E. -ation (1589), L. inundātio.] An inundation.1513 Doug. xii. iv. 13.
The erth … with deluge or invndatioun schent 1529 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 396.
Gif it sall happin the said brig be … inundatioun of spaitt … to failȝe, brek doun, or fall 1531 Bell. Boece II. 112.
The river of Lewis … quhilk was that time be inundation of snawis boldin aboue the brayis 1533 Boece xv. vii. 586.
The watter passing fra the louch … being restrenȝeite be invndacioun and gorging of the watter 1580 Dundee Chart. No. 71.
Be occasioune of … tempestuous wedder, invndatioun of fluidis [etc.] 1607 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 295.
Dumbartane … is liklie to be wrakit be inundatioun of the watter of Clydefig. 1562-3 Winȝet I. 51/7.
A manifest scurge of His wraith for the inundation of our synnis lang raigeing in euery estate
