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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1643-1689
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(Swadding knife,) Suadding knyff, Sueding knife, n. [19th c. Sc. dial. Swedge (1801, SND) to groove or pierce (metal) and Knife n. Cf. Swage n.] = Swage n. — 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX 236a.
Tua suadding knyffis estimat boith to xl s. 1689 Foulis Acc. Bk. 112.
For a jock the leg sueding knife
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