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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1439, 1568
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(Under-writing,) Undirwrytyne, -vryting, vbl. n. [e.m.E. vnderwriting (1598); Writin(g vbl. n.] a. Subscription, signature. b. The action of writing at the bottom (of a document). —a. 1439 Soc. Ant. Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 5.
In witnes off the quhilk thingis to thir present lettres I hafe to sete my seile … togeddir with the signe and vndirwrytyne of Robert Mechelson —b. 1568 Waus Corr. 43.
Assuming all mergining, vndirvryting and inter lyning, as gyf they had bene vryttin in thair dew place
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