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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1598-1603
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Inlarg(e)ing, Inlairgeing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. inlarging.] Enlarging, extending. — 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 235.
To proceid to the … inlairgeing of ane piller 1603 Reg. Great S. 516/2.
[The dues] to be imployit upoun the bigging, inlargeing, uphalding and strenthning of the samyn boundis [of Leith]
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