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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1483, 1573
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Obeing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. obeying (1607).] Submission to or compliance with authority or rule. = Obedience 1 and 4. — 1483 Acts Lords Auditors in Acts Lords of Council II. cxxxii.
The ansuering and obeing of hir and thame in the paying of the males, fermes [etc.] 1573 Inverness Rec. I. 228.
Aythis quhilk thai maid the tyme thai war maid fre burgessis for obeing of the Kingis autorite and lawes
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