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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶UNWAFT, v. To unweave, disentangle. See Waft, v.¹Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 54:
My sinnens and my veins are but As muckle o' a single shoot Wha's fibre I can ne'er unwaft.