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Unlegibill, -legable, -legivel, adj. [17th c. Eng. vnlegible (1611); Legible adj.] Illegible. — 1451 Cromartie Corr. II 346.
Seing … the said chartour … becumit almaist vnlegable 1605 Conv. Burghs I 539.
The said chartour is of sick great antiquitie quhairby … [it] will nocht faill to perische and becum vnlegivel 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 99/26.
The urang ortographie comittid be the coppiaris of my unlegibill & raggit hande
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