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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rebuttar,) Rabuttar, n. [Cf. e.m.E. rebutter (1540) an answer made by a defendant, Rebut(e v.] One who reviles (another). —1560–1 Inverness Rec. I 50.
The dispressar, rabuttar, or inobedient byaris salbe dischargit to Mychelmes nixt to cum
