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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1607-1644
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Skeith(s, n. ? Erroneous for, or altered from S(c)had n. 3 or S(c)had(d)ow n. 9. — 1607 Acts IV 389/2.
The quarter towne & landis of Kilrenny callit the skeith quarter thairof 1644 Acts VI i 264/2.
The skeiths quarter
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