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Quotation dates: 1803-1814
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†LEAFU, adj. Also leilfu. Lawful, legitimate, permissible, just. Obs. in Eng.Sc. 1803 Scott Minstrelsy III. 77:
Tell your sister Sarah, To come and lift her leafu' lord!Sc. 1814 Scott For a' that i.:
The true and leilfu' cause at length Shall bear the grie for a' that.
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