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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†UNMELED, ppl.adj. Also unmelit. Unspotted, pure. See Mail, v.² Rare and liter.Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 179:
All quhase wyndis unmelit remaine Shall blume in beauty quhan tyme is gene.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ I. ii.:
An unmeled conscience gies muckle bauldness towairds God.