A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unselit, -seilit, Onselit, -seillit, Wnselled, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. vnseled (Piers Plowman), vnseeled (c1430), vnsealed (1523); Sele v.] a. Of measures: Not stamped with an official mark as a guarantee of correctness. b. Of a document: Not ratified or authenticated by attachment of a seal. c. Not closed by a seal. —a. 1492 Aberd. B. Rec. I 419.
Conuikit be ane assis for the wrangwis haldin of a wrang pek of les mesour, and unselit 1660 Inverurie 361.
And giv onie person have ane unseilit stoup, they sall braik the same —(b) 1613 Glasgow Merchants House 110.
The haill ellwanis onseillit to cum the said day to be seillit —b. 1556–7 Inverness Rec. I 4.
Apon the production of ane blank reversion onselit or subscriuit presentit in jugment —c. 1702 Banff Ann. I 173.
Deliver … the newes letters preceislie wnbrocken wp or wnselled
