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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1623
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Setting, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. settynge (1535); Set v.] Of a place: Where nets may be set (Set v. 29). — 1623 Retours I Inq. Spec. Ross et Cromarty (65).
Sheallingis et setting places et pertinentiis quibuscunque
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