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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DISCHAIRGE, v. and n. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. discharge.Sc. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv.:
The governor, seeing him resolved, gied him his dischairge.Abd. 1863 G. Macdonald D. Elginbrod i. vi.:
Do ye ca' that dischairgin' yer duty to my bairns.m.Sc. 1997 Liz Niven Past Presents 14:
Bairn o seven dischairged
Fae watching the slauchter.
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