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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1692
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Reed, n. Only in borrow reeds, var. of borrow ruidis s.v. Burrow ruidis cultivated land pertaining to a burgh. Cf. later and mod. Sc. dial. (north-east and north Dumfries) reed, reid, var. of ruid a rood. — 1692 Misc. B. Rec. 144.
[In Lauder, before … provost of Dundee … baillie of Aberdeen, etc.] ther cess is payd by taxatione on ther inhabitants of the burgh, borrow reeds, and acres therto belonging
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