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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Plait, v.2 p.t. ( ? ) —1590 Criminal Trials I. ii. 201.
Quha poillit the hair of Robert Monro your brotheris heid and plait the naillis of his fingeris and tais, socht be thair develisch meanis to haif cureit him of his seiknes
