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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pest. Var. of Paste n.1 b. — 1553 Blackfriars Perth 234.
Certane neichbours … sew ane pest of wald seyd in the … croft eftir that it was twyce tyllit to the beir seid to the utter destruction of the said croft 1566 Old Dundee I. 101.
That na persons … cast or toum ony closets waid pest or ony other unleful thing in the castle burn
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