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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1683
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Unhing(e, v. [17th c. Eng. vnhindge (1612), vnhinge (1624).] tr. To destabilise, throw into confusion. — 1683 Decis. Lords F. 38.
If it were otherways it would tend to unhinge a purchassers securities 1683 Mackenzie Vindication (1683) 12.
Which tended to unhing all property, as well as religion, if God and zealous magistrates had not prevented it
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