A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1622
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(Unrehersabill,) Unrehersibil, -hairsable, Onrehersabill, adj. [Rehers(e v.] a. Unspeakable. b. Unrepeatable. —a. 1513 Doug. xi vi 72.
Our all the warld of ws hail the remanys Beyn punyst sor with onrehersabill [Ruddim. vnrehersibil] panys [L. infanda supplicia] —b. 1622 Criminal Trials III 519.
That pairt of the lybell inferrit be the persewaris repeiting thais odious and vnrehairsable speiches
