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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1572
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Unhantit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. unhaunted (1568-9); Hant v.] a. p.p. Not practised or put into effect. b. ppl. adj. Unfrequented, remote. —a. 1533 Bell. Livy I 298/28.
The novelte thareof brocht all the pepill in sic admiracioun, nocht knawand … quhy the thing (that was sa mony ȝeris afore vnhantit and out of consuetude) was brocht agane in vse —b. 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 51.
Quhy is he purgeit in ane unusual maner, and ane unhantit corner? 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 68.
Was not that desolate waistnes, that unhantit place, abill of itself to put simpill men in feir
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