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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1485, 1596
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Insinuatioun, n. [e.m.E. -acion, -acyon (1526), common in various senses. For the Sc. use, cf. the similar sense of late and med. L. insinuātio.] Intimation, notification, publication. — 1485 Misc. Spald. C. V. 29.
The alderman, ballies [etc.] … of Abirdene, efter the presentatioun, perlectioun and insinuatioun of our soueran lordis lettres [etc.] 1596 Dalr. II. 387/25.
Quhilkes al in thir verses sum insinuatioune haue maid
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