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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1887
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†NAKE, v. To make naked, to bare. Obs. in Eng. since the 17th c. Arch.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid 258:
He naked his swurd, an' swure he would thole't nae langer.
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