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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1549, 1669
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Quher(e)into, Wher(e)into, rel. adv. In which; to which. = Quhar(e)into. — ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 46.
Man … whereinto [v.r. quherinto] is the cathedral kirk of … Man [etc.] 1669 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III 618.
In ordour wherinto it is fund most expedient that [etc.]
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