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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1678

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Slip heidit. [Slip v. and Hedit adj. and ppl. adj.2] ? Having escaped or ‘slipped’ its tether. —1678 Kirkintilloch B. Ct. 95.
That everie horse that is found in the greins slip heidit wanting a hirde … shall paye 12 s. for so doeing and not heidit

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