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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

UNBAZLED, ppl.adj. Weakened, worn, impaired (see etym. note).Ork. 1719 W. R. Mackintosh Glimpses of Kirkwall (1887) 80:
The guns belonging to the Brugh have been long unwrought for whereby they or some of them may be unbazled.

[Altered or erroneous form of embezzelled, in its now obs. sense of impair, weaken.]

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