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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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Sclamiry, n. [?] Appar., an act of wickedness, a crime. —1596 Dalr. II 233/6.
Ingland, quhais king … in sa mony vices and sclamiries [L. se etenim illum tot vitiis ac sceleribus notatum] he hes fund