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(Wedsett,) Wodset, Vodset, ppl. adj. [Wedset(t v.] a. Pledged, mortgaged. b. Pertaining to something pledged. —a. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. (Latin) i 92b marg.
Of wodset, landis, & redemption thereof 1666 Decis. Lords G. 132.
Wodset lands set … for half meal or nearby 1685 Decis. Lords F. 80.
The wodsetter … ought to compt … a proportion of the mails and duties of the wodset lands —b. 1613 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 142.
xviij lib. for the vodset maill of ther barne
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