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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quietacioun, n. [e.m.E. quietacion (1502), quyatacion (a 1529), obs. F. quietacion (14th c.).] Pacification. = Quieting vbl. n.. —1582 Cal. Sc. P. VI 228.
[In respect the] quietacioun [of our estate cannot but] import [some trouble among you]

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