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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNLED, ppl.adj. Of peats: not carried home from a moss for fuel. See Lead, v., 3.Inv. 1830 Perthshire Adv. (29 July):
The peats unled — and roads broken up by daily and nightly rains.