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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unsattillit,) Unsatled, -set(t)led, ppl. adj. and p.p. [e.m.E. unsettled (1591); Sattillit ppl. adj., Sattil(l v.] a. ppl. adj. Changeable, variable. b. Disturbed, unbalanced. c. Without fixed abode. d. p.p. Not determined or fixed, undecided. —a. ppl. adj. 1609 Garden Garden 91.
As shee [sc. Fortune] vnsatled seemes to sit; So flowing ay all her affaires does flitt —b. 1683 Erskine Diary 24.
He had a very raised and unsettled look … for ten days he had eaten no meat —c. 1698 Penninghame Par. Rec. I 23.
Peter Wilson and his wife are in a broken condition and wandering unsettled in the bounds —d. p.p. 1661 Rothesay B. Rec. 66.
Resauers of the excise … empoured to call the brewaris … befoir them and agrie for thair excise … togidder with what is unsetled in the Yle of Arrane
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