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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Remotion,) Remottion, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. remosion remoteness (Lydgate), removal (1449), etc., obs. F. remotion (15–16th c. in OED), L. remotiōn- n. of action f. removēre Remove v.] The action of removing or taking away. —1540 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 226.
With smaill remottion of the wester dyk, quhairby the said Villiam may haif rowm, paissagis as said is
