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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1580-1583, 1695
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Unfillit, -ed, On-fillit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. vnfillid (c1400), vnfilled (1584); Fill v., Fillit ppl. adj.] Chiefly const. up. a. p.p. Not filled up, not filled to capacity. b. Not filled in and completed. c. ppl. adj. Not provided with stuffing. —a. 1580 Edinburgh Testaments VIII 163.
Half ane tune of wyne vnfillit vp, quhilk being fillit vp extendis to sevin puncheounes of full wyne & the thrid of ane puncheoun 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX 278.
Ane half last of tar vnfillit vp quhilk being fillit vp wes fyve last of full tar —b. 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XIII 76.
Ane counterclaith grundit & vnfillit vp 1695 Acts IX 412/2.
During his being clerk he hath neglected the registers and records of the burgh which are for the most part left behind unfilled up —c. 1580 Coll. Aberd. & B. 391.
Item of fillit coddis and on fillit xxxvi
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