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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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(Vakit,) Vaiked, ppl. adj. [Vak(e v.] Vacant, without an incumbent. — 1638 Old Dundee I 388.
[He] being oft times requirit, would propone nothing but only ane mein ‘vaiked sea’ and that … the bishop … would deprive him of his place
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