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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lemeit, var. of limeit Limit n.: cf. e.m.E. lemyet (1598). — 1603 Reg. Great S. 516/2.
[The dues levied] to be imployit upoun the … strenthning of the samyn boundis and lemeittis thairof [sc. of Leith]
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