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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1581, 1688
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Custome-frie, a. [Custom(e n. 2. Cf. Custum(e)-fre.] Free from paying custom. — 1581 Acts III. 240/2.
That the raw … silkis to be brocht hame be him salbe custome frie 1688 Lanark B. Rec. 225.
Beins and peis, … to be custome frie if brought in further than thrie myles distant fra the burgh
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