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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1607, 1686
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Uncivilitie, n. [e.m.E. vnciuilitie (1598); Civilitie n.] Uncivil behaviour. = Incivilitie n. —1607 Bk. Islay 122.
And the uncivilitie and barbarite sall continew nocht only thair bot in the Iles 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 96.
The corporall cannot pretend that the petitioners committed any maner of insolence or uncivilitie
