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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1487, 1558-1582, 1673
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Unschod, Onschod, ppl. adj. Also: unshood, onschode, -schoid. [ME and e.m.E. vnscod (Cursor M.), vnshod (Wyclif); S(c)hod ppl. adj.] a. Of a shovel or spade: Not having the blade edged with metal. b. Of a horse: Not fitted with shoes. —a. 1673 Leith Customs 24.
2 dozen vnshood shovells [4 s.] —(b) 1558 Treasurer's Accounts X 434.
For xxxij schulis onschode, xxxvij s. iiij d. 1558 Treasurer's Accounts X 436.
For viij schode schulis and iij onschod 1582 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 125.
Ane schoulle on schoid xv d. —b. 1487 Acts (1597) i 72.
Of dantoned horse vn-schod [Skene Reg. Maj. Pref. A5, vnschod] … that the said crowners sall haue dantoned horse depute to warke, and not to the saddle, that was never schod nor vsed to schone
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