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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unwastit, -ed, p.p. [ME and e.m.E. vn-wasted (1340-70), vnwastid (c1400); Wast(e v.] Not destroyed or ruined. —1499–1500 Acta Conc. II 395.
[The said Marion] til kep it [sc. the wood] unwastit … scho takand hir ressonable mysteris therof 1643 Melville Corr. 22.
That the houses [etc.] … may be found imbezlid or otherwise vnwasted whensoever … lawe and justice shall dispose of them
