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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1773, 1988
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UNFLEGGIT, ppl.adj. Not frightened or alarmed. See Fleg, v.1Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 109:
Then, Reikie, welcome! Thou canst charm Unfleggit by the year's Alarm.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 58:
Yet I've seen
yon steeple-vane
skyre abuin
as gin unfleggit o ocht it wad craw
braisant on aa!
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