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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1556, 1654-1662
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Receding, vbl. n. Also: -ceid-, -seid-. [e.m.E. receding (1605).] a. The action of withdrawing from (of) an agreement. b. The action of lowering (a charge). —a. 1556 Protocol Book of T. Dalrymple MS 36.
Annullacioun, reduccioun & receding of the said contrack 1654 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III 394.
They sall onlie set wpp in free burrowis wnto which they salbe subject to the government thairof … according to the lawes … of that place without reseiding thairfra 1662 Arniston Mem. 24.
Which will in nowayes inferr a receding from any point of it —b. 1658 Aberd. Council Lett. III 322.
The actioun contra Avachie for receiding the rate of customs in mercats
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