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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1546-1598
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(Unwattirit,) Unwatter(i)t, -waterrit, -vatterit, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. vnwattred (c1440), unwatered (1511); Wattirit ppl. adj.] Of fabric, etc.: Not having a lustrous finish. Cf. also Wattirit ppl. adj. 5 b. — 1546 Treasurer's Accounts IX 56.
Nyne elnis unwaterrit chamlot to be hir ane kirtill 1551 Treasurer's Accounts X 29.
vii elnis reid unwatterit chamlett to be ane patycoit to my Lady Gordoun efter sche was convalescit furtht of hir seiknes 1567 Edinburgh Testaments I 20b.
Vnwattert 1598 Misc. Spald. C. I 120.
Thow pat him nyne tymes fordwart throch ane hesp of vnvatterit yarne
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