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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
N. In the collocation indefin. art. (an(e) followed by word with initial vowel, as in ME. and e.m.E., sometimes transferred from the indefin. art. to the following word, as a nack for an ack (Act n .): see also Nactoun n., etc. — 1587 Cal. Sc. P. IX. 532.
Ye yourselves … gart me mak a nack of parliament … and so ye allow ea ackt of the papistes
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