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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Re-incounter,) Ra-incounter, -ir, n. [e.m.E. reencounter (1525), also re-in-, a meeting, encounter, esp. a hostile one, f. re- and Enconter n.] = Ranconter n. 1. —c1615 Chron. Kings 117.
The queinis syd thinking to disrank the kingis airmie, … gat ane raincountir be the kingis archearis a1691 Kingston Contin. Ho. Seytoun 56.
The said Lord George … having had there … severall sharpe raincounters with the king's pairty
