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Unupliftit, -ed, -wplifted, p.p. [19th c. Eng. unuplifted ppl. adj. (1802) not lifted up, lowered; Uplift v.] Of a monetary levy: Not collected. — 1641 Dumfries Treas. Acc. 10b.
[A sum] that remanit of his first ȝeiris stipen vnvpliftit 1671 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS 22 April (see Uplifting vbl. n. 1 (a)).
Unwplifted 1678 Edinb. B. Rec. X 350.
The deficiency [of coal and candle duty] that is yet unuplifted be the said collector
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