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Quotation dates: 1588-1616
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Inletting, vbl. n. Letting in, admitting. — 1588 Perth Kirk S. 178.
He has broken the Sabbath-day by inletting of loads of fish … at the said port 1616 Master of Works Accounts XI. 19.
To the porteris in drink siluer in the inletting and outletting of the warkmen
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