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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1463-1475
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Juntly, adv. [Cf. Jointly and Junctly.] a. So as to become joined; in contact, adjacently. b. Jointly, in conjunction. c. Unitedly, together, in a compact body. — 1375 Barb. xvii. 689.
Thai pressit the sow toward the wall, And has hir set thar[to] juntly 1463 Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 375.
We oblisis ws ane as baith & bath as ane juntly & seueraly 1464 Fam. Innes 78.
Till … my balyeis … , to yow and ilkane of yow juntly and seuerally c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 857.
v hundreth men in harnas rycht juntly, Thai wschet furth to mak a jeperty
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