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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1667
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(Write,) Wryit, Wright, n.2 (Reduced or abbrev. form of Writar n. 3. See also SND Write n. 4.) —1667 Greyfriars Interments 309.
Heriot, James, wright, his child Heriot, James, writer, a child 1667 Greyfriars Interments 315.
Thomas Gladstone, wryit