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(Unweyit,) Unveighit, Wnveit, p.p. [e.m.E. unweyed (1481-90), vnweighed (1611); We(y v.] Unweighed. — 1612 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 121.
That the pund of candill be sauld sufficient for iiij s. vnder the pane of xl s. … and the sellar and byar sall pey the said vnlaw gif thai by ony wnveit 1630 Bamff Chart. 222.
Mair of tyne unveighit, ane quart stoup [etc.]
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