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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lewdnes, Leud-, n. [ME. (c 1440) and e.m.E. lewd(e)nes(se etc.: cf. Lewitnes.] Depravity, wickedness; licentiousness. — a1500 Bk. Chess 19.
Sum lykis … to syng Sum gois to dyse thair lewdnes for to schaw
1658 Cramond Kirk S. 6 July.
That whatsoever person … shall be found … to commit such leudnes by profaning the Lords day in that kynd (sc. of fishing on the Sabbath) [etc.]
16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 66.
In the kirkyard of Kirkanders … there is a fair … and then the people who flock hither … drink and debauch and commonly great leudness is committed here

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