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Quotation dates: 1693
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Scotism, n. (Cf. e.m.E. Scotisme (1570) Scot(t)icism n.) — 1693 Answer to Presbyterian Eloquence 57.
And this [sc. defence of the use of dialect] may serve for an answer to the notes of other sermons, which they [sc. the authors of Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence] expose because of Scotisms
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