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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1733
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†UNDERPUTTED, ppl.adj. Underpitted, undermined, without a firm foundation or base. See put s.v. Pit, n.Ayr. 1733 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. (30 May):
There is thretty foot Long of the side wall underputted at eighteen inches high.
