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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1607, 1681
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Miscareing, Miscarrying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1568).] a. Going wrong, failure. b. Misconducting (oneself). — 1607 Elphinstone Mun. 28.
The only caus of the miscareing of that haill seruice 1681 Inverness Rec. II. 294.
Janet Leugach … is banished … not onlie for former miscariages but also for miscarrying herselfe & transgressing groslie yesterday
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