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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RESTRICT, v. Also Sc. form restrick (Sc. 1914 N.E.D.; Abd. 1968). To confine, to limit. Rare in Eng. till the 19th c. and orig. a Sc. usage (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 92, 1799 H. Mitchell Scotticisms 69).Sc. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Aliments (1735) 218:
In the Enumeration of Constitutions . . . there is not one that can be limited and restricted by sucb a Distinction.Sc. 1776 A. Smith Wealth of Nations IIII. ii.:
The common law of England . . . is said to abhor perpetuities, and they are accordingly more restricted by such a distinction.