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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rottoun raw, rotten, -an raw, varr. of Rat(t)o(u)n raw. —1581 (c1650) Dundee B. Laws 40.
All unfreman … and in speciall of them that dwellis in the hill and rottenraw [MS rotterraw] 1591–2 Ib. 515.
Rottounraw 1643 Dundee Chart. 89.
In so far as may be extendit to the erections of the rottan-raw in ane broughe of baronie, the libertie of … twa fairs in the year
