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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Intractabil(l, a. [e.m.E. a. (1545), b. (1607), L. intractābilis.] a. Unmanageable. b. Hard to traverse. —a. 1533 Boece i. v. 41 b.
Scottis was ane pepill … intractabill and bot full of tyrannyeb. Ib. v. iii. 167 b.
Scottis … wald … fie, gif inemyis persewit, to the montanis intractibil & horribill
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