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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1572, 1644
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Unhandillit, -handled, Onhandillit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. unhandlyd (1558); Handil(l v.] a. p.p. Untouched; not attended to or dealt with. b. ppl. adj. Not set in order or prepared. —a. p.p. 1563 Linlithgow Sheriff Ct. 24 April.
Robert Alexander … standis content that the merche balk betuix him and Valter Smyth stand vnhandillit ay and quhill it be sychtit sufficientlie be nychtbouris 1572 Reg. Privy S. VI 314/2.
[The] haill leid … ellis tyrvit, tane of and disponit upoun as to be intromettit with and in place unhandillit [Sc. Eccles. Soc. 100, onhandillit] 1644 Edinburgh Testaments LX 376b.
xv knokes of vnhandled hemp new peiled estimat all to xl s.
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