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Quotation dates: 1591
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Junting, vbl. n. [Cf. e.m.E. jointing f. joint, joynt v. (1530).] Cutting off the ‘joints’ or sections of limbs, dismembering. — 1591 Criminal Trials I. i. 233.
Thair taking vp the bwreit people and junting of thame quhairof scho maid … powder for wichcraft
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