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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GRATIS, adj. Also †grawtis (Sc. 1827 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 41), †gratus (Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize I. xii.). Sc. usage in comb. †gratis burgess, a burgess exempted from paying the regular entry money.Edb. 1701 Edb. Guilds and Crafts (B.R.S.) 194:
The great prejudice the old burgesses . . . doe daylie sustaine by gratis burgesses.Fif. 1704 E. Henderson Ann. Dunfermline (1879) 374:
The counsell statute and ordain . . . that even gratis burgesses shall be lyable to this act as soon as they shall settle their residence within this burgh.