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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1598
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(Wrangdoing,) Urongedoing, n. [e.m.E. wrongedoyng (1480).] Misconduct. — 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 98/9.
Gif any … uill not abstein … to uronge you … doe all reason, & gif na offer that is laufull … can make him to absteine nor repaire his urongedoing [etc.]
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