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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1549, 1646
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Topographie, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. topographye, late L. topographia.] a. The science of describing a place, tract of land, etc. b. A delineation of the features of a locality. —a. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 46/35.
Al them that hes studeit in cosmographie, geographie, and in topographie —b. c1646 Craufurd Edinb. Univ. 56.
The countrey of Caledonia or Scotland (according to the old topographie)
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