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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1643-1656
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Adder, n. [Add v. 2.] One who makes the ‘addition’ to an ‘exercise’. 1643 Kirkcaldy Presb. 257.
The whilk day thair was no exercise in respect of the absence of the maker and adder 1649 Inverness Presb. 163.
Mr. Robt. Monro, adder, absent 1656 Ib. 278.
No exercise in respect of … the adders absence
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