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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Vestige, n. [17th c. Eng. vestige (a1700), F. vestige, L. vestīgium.] A surviving trace of (something). — 1602 Colville Paraenese Sig. u ij.
Not … farder … nor vnto the vall of Septimius Seuerus … vharof the vestiges yit remane 1697 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 272.
Severall of our leidges doe scruple and demur to receave in payments the fourtie penny peices … upon pretence that they are bare and worn through use albeit the print and vestige of the coine of this kingdome be visible upon them 1698 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II 691.
The march … thereafter goes all along by the said strand till the same goes near to the vestige of an old stone dyke