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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Undischargit, -et, -ed, p.p. [e.m.E. vndischarged (1585); Discharge v.] a. Of a gun: That has not been fired. b. Of a legal document: Not cancelled or invalidated. c. Of accounts: Unsettled. —a. 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 135.
Tuo of thame having thair peices vndischarget … and seing ane of thair marrowes dung to the ground, they discharge baith at the laird —b. 1614 Ayr Chart. 152.
To delyver … the foirsaid lettre of tak … undischargit or lacerat in ony sort —c. a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1655) 336.
Some private accounts, that rested undischarged at his parting forth of the countrey
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