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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1665
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Unsetlednes, n. [17th c. Eng. unsettledness (1619).] Unsteadiness. —1665 Edinburgh Testaments LXXII 61b.
Sic subscribitar at command of the said Alexander Thomsone who throw the vnsetlednes of his hand was vnable … to wryt himself