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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1663
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Unboundarie, adj. [e.m.E. vnbounded (1598) and 17th c. Eng. bundaries pl. (1626), boundaries pl. (1690).] Having no boundary, unrestricted. — 1663 Glasgow B. Rec. III 19.
The great abuses … be the electioune of the toune counsell throw the unboundarie limit of the provest in the electioune therof
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