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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Spaunit,) Spawnit, ppl. adj. [Spaun v.] Having cast spawn. —1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 343.
To juge the guid fische to haif thir qualiteis, viz., the heiring to be callour slayne, stif, cleir, and vngilt or spawnit
