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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Estent, var. of Astent n., Extent n. — 1396 Scot. Ant. XIV. 217.
The sayd lorde Erle sal gif … al his landys of the Murtclauch at auld estent of xl. marcis 1532 Reg. Privy S. II. 201/2.
[Forbidding] to compell, poind, or distrenȝe him … for ony taxtis or estentis … induring the space foirsaid 1576 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 26.
The custume and cokkataris buikis to produce and exhibit, for setting of the said estent