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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1690
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Scarping, vbl. n. (17th c. Eng. scarping (1639) a steep slope, the rocky face of a hill, also 19th c. Eng. scarp (1803) to cut to a steep face, to slope.) — 1690 Fraser P. 269.
Quhilk with the scarping and cutting of peeres of the rock … may cost [etc.]
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