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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underfute, -foote, n. [Fut(e n.] Appar., a skin eruption. —1596 Lowe Spanish Sicknes ii.
Some call it the vnder foote because that infection often commeth by treading with the bare foote vpon the spettle of the diseased 1597 Crim. Trials II 27.
Andro Pennycuke being diseasit, be the space of xx oulkis … of the vnderfute, as scho affermit and culd nocht haill hir … scho send for … Cristian Levingstoune, quha … affermit that scho culd haill leprosie
