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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unbig(g)it, p.p. Also: unbiggyt, -byggit, -bigged, wnbig(g)it. [ME unnbiggedd (Orm), ON ú-, óbyðr; Biggit ppl. adj. Also in the later dial.]

1. Of land: Not occupied or built on.(a) 14.. Burgh Laws c. 42 (B).
Gyfe [the land] be waste thrw fyre or were & he hafe ane vthir land biggyt he may lat that be vnbiggyt [Acts I 26/2, unbyggit] qwhil he be of ese to byg it agayn 1557–8 Edinb. B. Rec. III 17.
To mak biggingis within thai pairtis and to leif this town vnbiggit 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Annvell.
Quhen the ground and propertie of onie land bigged or vnbigged is disponed and annalied 1629 Falkirk Par. Rec. I 73.
Unbigit(b) 1433 Liber Coll. Glasg. 167.
Qwhat tym at the said Johne … fyndis the said landis wnbiggit and wnstrenyhabyll for the annuell … [he] sall … joyse thaim frely but leyfe of the said priour 1499 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 328.
And forlande wnbigit

2. Not built; ? derelict. ?1459 Reg. Paisley Pref. vi n.
He fand the place … destitut of leving … and the kirk unbiggit 1496 Treas. Acc. I 270.
For tymmir and diuers odir expens maid apone the bigging of the harnes mill, quhilk ȝit is vnbiggit

b. Const. up: Not rebuilt. 1572–3 Canongate Ct. Bk. 417.
The samyn housis wer halelie distroyit and cassin doun be our said soveranes rebellis … ewin to the ground like as thay yit remane unbiggit up