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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1506, 1614
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Scheit, v. P.p. scheitit. Var. of Chete v. or aphetic f. Eschete v. (confiscate, escheat). — 1506 Irons Leith I App. 586.
And quhair ony beis apprehendit that ye scheit the saidis guidis … and … gif to the … fynderis of the said scheit guidis ane pairt thairof 1614 Orkney Rentals ii 136.
Hestwall … payis … in land maill of 1 fding land scheitit for thift
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