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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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Quotation dates: 1640

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(Refrener,) Refranar, n. [Cf. e.m.E. refreiner one who restrains (a1548).] One who withholds (payment). —1640 Kirkcudbr. Min. Bk. 92.
For doeing of executione contra onie persone quhatsumever, who shall be refranares or remise in peyment of what is dew

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