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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1632
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(Quhereout of,) Whereout of, rel. adv. = Quhareout of. — c1632 G. Barry Orkney (1805) 474 (OED).
The baillie of the paroch whereout of he has fled shall cause him to be jogged
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