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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1586, 1651
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Relict, adj. [Late ME relicte (c1420), e.m.E. relict (1649).] a. Of land: ? Uncultivated, fallow. b. Of a person: Left by death, surviving. —a. 1584 Acts III 356/2.
Thaynok with the pendiclis viz ouircroarsis, the relict and grene fauld with the cottage of the samin, the landis of Vrquhany [etc.] —b. 1586 Misc. Bann. C. II 207.
Agnes Pennycuike, his relict spous 1651 J. M. Beale Fife Schools 149.
As his relict spouse declared before the session
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