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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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JUSTIFY, v. Also justifee. Sc. usage: to do justice upon, to punish, esp. to punish with death, to execute. Now only liter. and arch.Sc. 1815 Scott Waverley lxviii.:
Ony six o' the best of his clan will be willing to be justified in his stead.Gall. 1825 J. Denniston Legends Gall. 70:
Just ae bit wink that our landlord gied me, that let me ken there was help at hand, an' that I wadna be justified the day.Sc. 1894 Stevenson W. Hermiston v.: 
Justifeed wi' seeven mair of the same name at Jeddart.Fif. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar I. 11:
Now I would gang . . . to the Grass Market to see some poor wretch justified.