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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456, 1642
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Unhovin, -en, -howine, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Heve v.1 2.] Unbaptised. —p.p. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiv 115.
He … thocht do mes he suld stande, & byd tham that vnhowine ware, That thai suld ga thar gat but mare 1456 Hay I 204/36.
To leve the barne unhovin —ppl. adj. 1642 Reliq. Antiq. Sc. 14.
Being travelling with an unhoven childe four yeers
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