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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Under-set,) Undir-, Wndirset, p.p. [ME and e.m.E. under-set (c1220); Set v.] a. Of a ship: With sails lowered. Only in Nisbet, after Purvey. b. Beset. —a. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xxvii 17.
Quhen the vessel was vndirset [W. vndirsent, P. vndur set; L. summisso] sa thai war born —b. c1475 Wall. ix 796.
With Sotheroun sone we sall be wndirset [McD. wmbeset, L. unbeset]
