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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1578, 1661
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(Site,) Scite, Sitt, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. site (Chaucer), scite (1535), OF site (1304 in Larousse), L. situs.] (Geographical) location; position; site. — a1578 Pitsc. (1814) xxii.
And this much of the scite of Scotland, now of the nature and maneris of the people 1661 Stirling Common Good 3.
To the colman for crying the sitts of the 3 fair
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