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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1584
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(Spaunit,) Spawnit, ppl. adj. [Spaun v.] Having cast spawn. — 1584 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 343.
To juge the guid fische to haif thir qualiteis, viz., the heiring to be callour slayne, stif, cleir, and vngilt or spawnit
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