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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1762

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†CEPTION, n. A blemish or minor fault.Ags. 1762 in J. M. Beatts Municipal Hist. of Dundee (1873) 124:
The glover trade . . . shall be entitled to four pennies Scots for each ception, and one shilling Scots for each hole in each sheep's skin.

[A trade contr. for exception in the obs. Eng. sense of “something that may be objected to” (N.E.D.).]

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