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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1624-1650
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Plot, n.2 [e.m.E. and late ME. plot, plotte (1463), OE. (once) plot (? 11th c.), of unknown origin. Cf. Plat n.4] A more or less small area or patch of ground; a (garden) plot. — 1624 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 501.
Certane garden plotis with thair pertinentis 1650 Strathbogie Presb. 137.
[They] past to ane plot of ground called Nicolsons Croft [etc.]
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