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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underspecifeit, -fiit, -fied, Undir-, Onderspecifeit, ppl. adj. [Specified ppl. adj.] Specified underneath, detailed below. —(a) 1544 Aberd. B. Rec. I 209.
The ressett of this woll vnderwrittin, fra the personis vnderspecifeit 1561 Montgomery Mem. 160.
Vndirspecifeit 1561 Reg. Privy C. I 188.
The quhilk day … comperit the gentilmen underspecifiit 1567–8 Glasgow Prot. V 107.
In all tymes cuming, aye and quhill the lauchfull redemptioun thairof underspecifeit 1682 Scots in Poland 136.
I resaved … all as here underspecified —(b) c1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II 307.
To the effect onderspecifeit cheptourlie convenit