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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1691
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Unfrequencie, n. [17th c. Eng. vnfrequencie (1611).] Poor attendance. —1691 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV 146.
Inrespect of the vnfrequencie of the meetting … it wes vnanimouslie resolved [to wait] … vntill the … most pairt of the royall borrowes send ther commissioners sufficiently instructed
