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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rebuting, -boyting, Rabuitting, -buttyng, vbl. n. [e.m.E. rebuttynge (a1548) -ing, Rebut(e v.] The action of Rebut(e v. in senses 1 and 4. — 1375 Barb. xii 339 (E).
Quhen … thar gret waward alsua War distrenȝeit the bak to ta And thai had tauld thar rebuting [C. reboyting] — 1560–1 Inverness Rec. I 50.
William McPhadryk for the rabuttyng of Gilbert Gollan officiar for vsing of his office 1570 Ib. 193.
The wrangus rabuitting, sklandring and defamyng of Jasper Dempsteris wyff
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