Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1732, 1795, 1890
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DISCONTIGUOUS, adj. Disconnected.Sc. 1732 W. M'Farlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) I. 206:
It lyes in a remote corner very discontigous from the rest of the Parish.Sc. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 VI. 222:
Tarland is . . . one of the most disjoined and discontiguous parishes in Scotland.Sc. 1890 Bell Dict. Law Scot. 332:
Where heritable subjects lie locally discontiguous . . . a clause of dispensation may be inserted.
