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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1516, 1571-1615
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(Unlinit,) Unlyn(n)it, p.p. and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. unlynded (1521), vnlyned (Spenser), vnlined (1630); Line v.1] Not furnished with a lining. —p.p. 1516 Acts Lords of Council MS XXVIII 34.
Ane pair of slevis of claith of gold unlynit 1571 Edinburgh Testaments 161b.
Ane arros wark vnlynit 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII 312a.
In the buith sevin lauch hattis vnlynit 1593 Edinburgh Testaments XXV 192b.
xiij missellit hattis vnlynnit at xx s. the pece —ppl. adj. 1615 Haddington Corr. 291.
Of vnlynit voluin coueringis, iii
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