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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1540
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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
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