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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Main-, Mayn-, early attrib. and comb. form of Mainis n. (cf. sense 3). Home-farm-, demesne-. — 1454 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 10.
The sayde Androw Ker sal gyff … tyl the sayde Thom Robson … his mayn landis of Hownum 1476 (1481) Reg. Great S. 310/2.
Quhat tyme the forsaid … schyr Johnne warnis me … of fourty dais warnyn at my main place of Cultir, or quhar I … may be bodely fundin to cum and ressave the soume of [etc.]
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