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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mistake, -taik, v. [Stake v.] tr. To supply or serve ill, to fail to supply. —1559 Inverness Rec. I. 35.
Throw thair passing to marcattis [with leather] this bruche and the queyne legis is mistakit 1598 Acts IV. 166/1.
And that the kingis maiestie suld not be mistaikit in the premisis
