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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unmanurit, -man(e)ured, p.p. [e.m.E. vnmanured (1570); Manurit ppl. adj.] Of land: Untilled, uncultivated; waste. —1536–7 Sc. Hist. Rev. VII 361.
Had nocht bene the said abbot and convent remittit ane part of the said ferme the saidis tenentis and occupyaris of neid fors had left the saidis landis unmanurit or plenist
c1590 Fowler I 153/2.
There never ran more fearse and ouglyie beare Nor cruell beaste in vnmaneured land
1603 Aberd. B. Rec. II 239.
The commoun locht … sall ly … vnlaborit or manvrit to grow grass
1632 Lithgow Trav. iii 85.
I could not find a foote of ground vnmanured
1636 Misc. Maitl. C. II 209.
A custome too common of servantis leaving the cuntrey … Quherby the land is liklie to becum desolat and unmanurit throw want of servantis

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