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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Owning, Ouning, Owening, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1580).] Owning, acknowledging. — 1666 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. XV. 145.
In ther ouning an aversione … to the laus 1669 Jus Populi 69.
In the owening of the truth of God 1686 Dunkeld Presb. I. 233.
For owning John Edmondston as commissar-deput
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