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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unspyit, -ed, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Late ME vnspied (15th c.); Spy v.] Without being noticed; unnoticed, unobserved: a. p.p. = Unaspyit p.p. b. ppl. adj. —a. a1500 K. Hart 158.
We will go se quhat may this muster mene … Thair sall nothing pas away vnspyit Syn sall we tell the kyng as we haue sene c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 427 (M) (see unaspyit p.p.).
Vnspyit c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 87b/29.
Be nocht as lantern in mirknes vnspyit —b. a1634 Forbes Rec. 397.
Upon the unspyed errour of the Commissioners letters
