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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1637-1673
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Unclered, -cleared, p.p. [18th c. Eng unclear'd (1724) not freed from the imputation of guilt; Clere v. 3.] Of an account or debt: Not settled or discharged. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1664) 132.
And so marches lie still unrid … counts uncleared betwixt us 1651 Hibbert P. No. 14.
I doe heirby humbly jnsinowat the long delayd & vnclered compt of ȝour myll debt 1673 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS 3 April.
Quhilk thrie yeiris tak of the said fishing stands yet uncleared
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