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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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Redacting, vbl. n. [f. Redactv.] The action of reducing, in the senses of Redact v. —1594 Edinb. B. Rec. V 107.
For redacting of the haill sylver and leyit cungyie of this realme to ane fyne sylver 1629 Justiciary Cases I 109.
Redacting of him to povertie a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1655) 179.
Fears of redacting the kingdom into a province

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