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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unrepaired, p.p. [e.m.E. vnrepayred (1523), unrepair'd (a1637); Repar(e v.] a. Not compensated for. b. Not restored to good condition, unmended. —a. 1398 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 38.
The said lordis … sal tak knawlage and ger try in qwhais deffaut tha attemptatz leuis vnrepaired an[d] vnamendit and sal punice hym or thaim —b. 1679 Edinb. B. Rec. X 383.
Considering … the deceist John Milne … his contract as to the repairing … of the peir [etc.] … of Leith … James Fleming [etc.] [are to] visit the said ston work of the shoir of Leith … and try … what is unrepaired [pr. unrepaid] and report
