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Quotation dates: 1707
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†INFENCEABLE, adj. Unable to be defended or guarded, unprotected.Abd. 1707 Records Old Abd. (S.C.) II. 118:
It would inevitably shake and loose the whole gavil and the burial place in the said Isles would be rendered infenceable.
