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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1675
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Spewing, adj. (? = Spewill spoiled.) — 1675 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS 15 Dec.
Decerns Jean Thomson to pay to James McQuhan sixtin pundis Scots for ane boll of spewing malt
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