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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Auchtad, -ard, -od, varr. of Auchtand num. a. (perh. repr. OE. eahtoða, ONhb. eahteða, æhteða). — 1474 Prestwick B. Rec. 24.
He helde wrangwisli frae him ane achtad part of ry
1533 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 149.
Every takisman of the … authard [sic] part, and saxt part of the cruffiis
1610 Sutherland Chart. 178.
Ten small peckis, and ane auchtod of meill

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