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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1605-1626
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(Rewinit,) Rwynit, ppl. adj. Also: reywind; rowined. [e.m.E. ruined (1585); Rewine v.] Reduced to ruins; fallen to ruin. — 1605 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts II 119.
The richt and title of the rwynit and decayit hospitall 1622 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 146.
The maister of wark … did considder the haill rowined and decayed pairtis thairof 1622-6 Bisset II 433/7.
This charter house is … allutterly decayed now and reywind
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