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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1568
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Untheuchit, ppl. adj. [ME unnþæwedd (Orm), vnþewed (c1250) ill-mannered, unruly, wanton; unrefined, coarse; Thewit ppl. adj., having personal qualities, characteristics or habits of a specified kind.] ? Lacking in courage or resolution, irresolute. — 1568 Buch. Indict. 43.
Ȝeit thai restit nocht lang vntheuchit bot sic as outwartlie mycht nocht awoy the treuth desistit not … to lat the varld vnderstand quhat a cloke mask wis wsit to cover sa vicket a cryme
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